Summer Solstice: National Indigenous Peoples Day
- Life Long Learning, NEWS
- June 21, 2020
Treaty 2 Territory – Boozhoo! June 21st is National Indigenous Peoples Day and June is Indigenous History Month. June is also Ode’imini’Giizis, which is Strawberry Moon. FNT2T Life Long Learning wanted to share a post once per week throughout June that shares some history of First Nations (Indigenous) peoples. This is week Niish. To reiterate week Behzig’s post,
READ MORETreaty 2 Territory – Gambler Nation hosted the FNT2T Knowledge Council meeting on Wednesday June 9, 2021. This meeting was held online due to Covid restrictions. There was Knowledge Keepers from Lake St. Martin, Dauphin River, Ebb and Flow, Gambler, Pinaymootang. Keeseekoowenin, Skownan, Little Saskatchewan and Tootinaowaziibeeng. An opening prayer was done by Louie Malcolm
READ MORETreaty 2 Territory- “Once you learn your language, you really understand the Anishinaabe world view, Unknowingly, you will start to look at the world differently.” Language, given to us by the Creator, brings sacred law and sacred teachings. Through our language we have a sacred understanding of who we are as a people. We are
READ MORETreaty 2 Territory – Boozhoo! We hope that everyone is safe and well. Learning is a lifelong journey that many Elders and Knowledge-Keepers say begins at birth. FNT2T Life Long Learning has shared many written pieces and resources on Indigenous Kinship and Traditional Birth/Parenting as many Nations work toward reclaiming and revitalizing our ways. Rebeka
READ MORETreaty 2 Territory – Boozhoo! June 21st is National Indigenous Peoples Day and June is Indigenous History Month. For the Anishinaabek, June is also Ode’imini Giizis, which is Strawberry Moon. It is a time when the strawberries are ripe and ready to harvest for medicine food, it will be the first berry to ripen before all
READ MORETreaty 2 Territory – The past few days have been difficult for First Nations and Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island. Our hearts go out to residential school survivors and surviving generations in the recent findings at Kamloops Indian Residential School. It will take more than one day, one week, or one year to repair and
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