First Nations Water Ceremony

  First Nations Water Ceremony Part of the Peace & Friendship: First Nations Teachings Workshop Series   Tuesday, June 21, 2016. 7-9pm   On Turtle Island (North America), water has been used by First Nations peoples in ceremonies for centuries. Join us on National Aboriginal Awareness Day to experience a Water Ceremony as we give thanks …
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Walking Our Spiritual Path: Reflections on the Spirituality of the Cherokee People

Walking Our Spiritual Path: Reflections on the Spirituality of the Cherokee People March 8-13, 2016 Cherokee, NC Cost:  $350/double room; $500/single room, $200 commuters Hosted by Catholic Committee of Appalachia and sponsored by AMERC This continuing education event explores the history, customs, myths, and spiritual ways of the Cherokee people.  From discussions and experiences participants …
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First Nations Water Ceremony

  Tuesday, June 21, 2016. 7-9pm On Turtle Island (North America), water has been used by First Nations peoples in ceremonies for centuries. Join us on National Aboriginal Awareness Day to experience a Water Ceremony as we give thanks to Creator for the gift of life-sustaining water. Facilitation:  Renee Thomas-Hill is a Grandmother to many, …
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Two Row Wampum Teaching

Monday, April 25, 2016. 7-9pm The Two Row wampum is one of the oldest treaty relationships between the Onkwehonweh (indigenous) people of Turtle Island and the European immigrants to these shores. This treaty was made in 1613 between the Dutch and the Haudenosaunee as Dutch traders and settlers moved up the Hudson River into Mohawk …
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Blanket Exercise: Understanding First Nations History in Canada

Blanket Exercise: Understanding First Nations History in Canada   Monday, April 11, 2016. 7-9pm The Blanket Exercise is an enormously popular and successful teaching tool that uses participatory popular education methodology to raise awareness and understanding of the history of the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. Since its creation in 1996 as …
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Two Row Journey: Toward Reconciliation Between Indigenous & Non-Indigenous Peoples

  The sculpture in the image used above is by artist Vince Bomberry and is titled “Guswentah”  (Two Row Wampum belt). It is located at the Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford.   The work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Canada came to an end in June 2015 as recommendations were made to begin …
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