tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67134104263611889402024-03-12T22:02:33.158-06:00Shannon M Houleninehiyaw ekwa dene iskwewShannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-59016075096100703082023-04-25T21:58:00.004-06:002023-05-03T23:42:01.153-06:00Bucket List 2023 Update<p>April 25, 2023</p><p>While I'm in Riviera Maya, Mexico</p><p>Have been making some changes in my life and prioritizing my life again. A lot has happened, my mom passed in 2019, and people in my life have made changes too where it's time for me to do what Shannon needs and wants now...I love my role as kohkom ekwa nikawiy; however, I'm not everyone appreciates how much I honour it. Therefore, I need to focus on me and make my life shine!</p><p>Therefore, adding to my Bucket List and also checking some items off and maybe deleting some...</p><p>I was reviewing my Bucket List I wrote in 2010 & one of my initial posts back then and there are many things I would like to change as I've changed. </p><p>Here is the original post but I want to add to it & some I might delete...</p><h3><b> ORIGINAL 2010 BUCKET LIST POST</b></h3><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #d52a33; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">Bucket List</h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6212254018531627364" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 752px;"><span style="color: #333333;">I have a Bucket List & add to it as I go along. Last year after attending </span><a href="http://www.choicesseminars.com/" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">Choices</a><span style="color: #333333;"> I decided to have a </span><a href="http://thebucketlist.warnerbros.com/" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">Bucket List</a><span style="color: #333333;"> because I want to live life to the fullest & follow my hopes & dreams. Not that I plan to go anywhere soon, not even close, I just wanted to get my list going & add to it as I continue to achieve and accomplish my list. In the movie, Bucket List, they had an old crumpled list ~ well my list is virtual on this Blog site. I hope this encourages all of you to create a list ~ if anything, it keeps life interesting, keeps me focused, & gives me something to look forward to...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #333333;">SHANNON'S BUCKET LIST:</span><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Sky Dive - planned for May 9, 2010 (Mother's Day) with my son on his 24th Birthday. I'm not letting my baby jump alone.</span></strike> </li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Learn to fly a plane or helicopter</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Sponsor 10 people to Choices</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Be a Choices coach</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike>Marry for "love" in front of all our loved ones ~ welcome each other into each other's family</strike><i><strike> - debating on deleting </strike>this </i></li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Travel to Australia for pleasure</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Travel to Egypt </li><ol><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">See the Giza Pyramid</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Walk in the Arabian Dessert</li></ol><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Go on a cruise</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Own a communications & socializing business - the plans saved in my head for safe keeping!</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: red;"><strike>Travel to a Tropical location with history</strike> </span>- Completed May 2014 Hawaii Islands during WIPCE (World Indigenous People’s Conference on Education)</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: line-through;">Swim with Dolphins</span><span> - COMPLETED April 28 2023 while on my trip to Riviera Maya, Mexico at the Grand Sirenis Riviera Maya Resort with my bestie Janice Makokis</span></li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Complete my second Degree in Education</span></strike> - Completed June 15, 2012 & convocate November 20, 2012</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">See my Technological Invention a reality ~ benefits children & classrooms all over.</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Have a home totally Environmentally Friendly</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Influence a life to go after their DREAM</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Get my Master's degree - In progress from Sept 2016 - June 2019 at UNBQ in Master’s of Arts in Indigenous Languages</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Cave Exploring</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike><span style="color: red;">Swim in a Cenote</span></strike><span style="color: #333333;"> - completed April 23 2023 with by bestie Janice Makokis in Yucatan, Mexico. It was the largest cenote in Mexico of all the 1100 in Mexico. We repelled into it and we swam and zip-lined in it. </span></li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Go to every Province in Canada</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Go to every state in America</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Teach/be a student in Australia</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike><span style="color: red;">Teach and/or be a student in New Zealand</span></strike> - COMPLETED Nov 13 - 26, 2016 as a student and complete a Master's degree course IYIS 534 in Auckland and Christchurch, NZ </li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">See all the Wonders of the World in person</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Greece</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Venice</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Disneyland</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Thailand</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Cuba</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Costa Rica</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Scuba Dive</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Climb the <a href="http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">Eiffel Tower</a></li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: line-through; text-decoration: line-through;">Do something totally unselfish</span> - many times & will throughout my life</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Learn to speak Cree fluently<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>- In progress from Sept 2016 - June 2019 at UNBQ in Master's of Arts in Indigenous Languages</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Attend Tony Robbins Seminar & walk on coals</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike>Have one of my grandchildren named after me ~ this one's in my son's court, hee, hee</strike></li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike>Have my grandchildren born at home, surrounded by friend's & family using a Midwife & Doula ~ again another of my son & his future loves court</strike></li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Travel across the USA with a travel trailer or Winnebago</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Be well off financially so I can follow my dreams</li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Live until I am 107.5 yrs ~ not dying near my birthday but hope it's a warm & calm day in the summer, can only hope :) </li><li style="color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Die knowing "I lived life to the fullest" & honored my Creator by appreciating this gift of life. Leave this plain of existence accomplished, loved, & with no regrets & carry the love with me.</li><ul style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;">Will I live to realize this list...who knows!</li></ul><ol style="color: #333333;"></ol></ol><span style="color: #333333;">Well this is what I have for now. I believe I want to spend my years seeing the joys & beauty of life. My first 20+ years of life were hard and at times I didn't know if I would survive this long. This is why I CHOOSE never to go back to that place again & CHOOSE to only see a Brighter Future! Life is a Gift people NOT a RIGHT ~ so HONOR YOUR LIFE!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #333333;">Published APRIL 22, 2010</span></div></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6212254018531627364" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 752px;"><h3 style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">ADJUSTED BUCKET LIST for the times 😆</span></b></h3></div><p>Delete number 33 & 34 as these are beyond my control and delete number 5 as I can't see myself ever getting married 😏</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Learn to fly a plane or helicopter</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Go on a cruise</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Own a communications & socializing business - the plans saved in my head for safe keeping!</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Swim with Dolphins</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">See my Technological Invention a reality ~ benefits children & classrooms all over.</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Have a home totally Environmentally Friendly</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Influence a life to go after their DREAM</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Write a book(s)</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Write children's book(s).</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Get my Master's degree - In progress from Sept 2016 - June 2019 at UNBQ in Master’s of Arts in Indigenous Languages</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Cave Exploring</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;"><strike style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: red;">Swim in a Cenote</span></strike><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"> - completed April 23 2023 with by bestie Janice Makokis in Yucatan, Mexico. It was the largest cenote in Mexico of all the 1100 in Mexico. We repelled into it and we swam and zip-lined in it.</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Go to every Province in Canada</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Go to every state in USA</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Travel first class on an International Flight with the bed pods</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Teach/be a student in Australia</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">See all the Wonders of the World in person</span></li><ol><li>Taj Mahal</li><li>Colosseum</li><li><strike><span style="color: red;">Chichen Itza</span></strike> - completed April 23, 2023 while on h<span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">oliday with bestie Janice Makokis at Grand Sirenis Resort and Spa Riviera Maya, Akumal, Quintano Roo, Mexico</span> </li><li>Machu Picchu</li><ol><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Hike to <a href="https://explorerspassage.com/chronicles/hiking-the-inca-trail-to-machu-picchu/" target="_blank">Machu Picchu</a></span></li></ol><li>Christ the Redeemer</li><li>Petra</li><li>Great Wall of China</li></ol><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Greece</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">London, England</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Italy</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Scotland</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">England to visit my auntie & cousins</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Milan, Italy to visit my cousin and see where mosompan Joe faught in WWII & was shot.</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Denali</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Australia</span></li><li><span style="font-family: times;"><strike><span style="color: red;">Mexico</span></strike><span style="color: #333333;"> - completed April 22-29, 2023 - Holiday with bestie Janice Makokis at Grand Sirenis Resort and Spa Riviera Maya, Akumal, Quintano Roo, Mexico</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Egypt</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Venice</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Disneyland</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Cuba</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Costa Rica</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Scuba Dive</span></li><li><span style="color: red; font-family: times;"><strike>Swim in Caribbean Ocean</strike></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Swim in the Gulf of Mexico</span></li><li><span style="color: red; font-family: times;"><strike>Swim in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans</strike></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Climb the </span><a href="http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/" style="color: #d52a33; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">Eiffel Tower</a></li><li>Be in a Movie</li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Learn to speak Cree fluently</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">- In progress from Sept 2016 at UNBQ in Master's of Arts in Indigenous Languages</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Attend Tony Robbins Seminar & walk on coals</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Travel across the USA with a travel trailer or Winnebago</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Be well off financially so I can follow my dreams</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Live until I am 107.5 yrs ~ not dying near my birthday but hope it's a warm & calm day in the summer, can only hope :) </span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Die knowing "I lived life to the fullest" & honored my Creator by appreciating this gift of life. Leave this plain of existence accomplished, loved, & with no regrets & carry the love with me.</span></li><ul><li>Will I live to realize this list...who knows</li></ul></ol><p> </p>Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-33610979199676164072022-08-26T12:01:00.000-06:002022-08-26T12:01:42.777-06:00Bucket List Revisited<p> I was reviewing my Bucket List I wrote in 2010 & one of my initial posts back then and there are many things I would like to change as I've changed. </p><p>Here is the original post but I want to add to it & some I might delete...</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b> ORIGINAL 2010 BUCKET LIST POST</b></h3><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #d52a33; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">Bucket List</h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6212254018531627364" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 752px;">I have a Bucket List & add to it as I go along. Last year after attending <a href="http://www.choicesseminars.com/" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;">Choices</a> I decided to have a <a href="http://thebucketlist.warnerbros.com/" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;">Bucket List</a> because I want to live life to the fullest & follow my hopes & dreams. Not that I plan to go anywhere soon, not even close, I just wanted to get my list going & add to it as I continue to achieve and accomplish my list. In the movie, Bucket List, they had an old crumpled list ~ well my list is virtual on this Blog site. I hope this encourages all of you to create a list ~ if anything, it keeps life interesting, keeps me focused, & gives me something to look forward to...<br /><br />SHANNON'S BUCKET LIST:<br /><ol><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Sky Dive - planned for May 9, 2010 (Mother's Day) with my son on his 24th Birthday. I'm not letting my baby jump alone.</span></strike> </li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Learn to fly a plane or helicopter</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Sponsor 10 people to Choices</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Be a Choices coach</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike>Marry for "love" in front of all our loved ones ~ welcome each other into each other's family</strike><i><strike> - debating on deleting </strike>this </i></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Travel to Australia for pleasure</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Travel to Egypt</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Go on a cruise</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Own a communications & socializing business - the plans saved in my head for safe keeping!</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: red;"><strike>Travel to a Tropical location with history</strike> </span>- Completed May 2014 Hawaii Islands during WIPCE (World Indigenous People’s Conference on Education)</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Swim with Dolphins</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Complete my second Degree in Education</span></strike> - Completed June 15, 2012 & convocate November 20, 2012</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">See my Technological Invention a reality ~ benefits children & classrooms all over.</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Have a home totally Environmentally Friendly</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Influence a life to go after their DREAM</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Get my Master's degree - In progress from Sept 2016 - June 2019 at UNBQ in Master’s of Arts in Indigenous Languages</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Cave Exploring</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Go to every Province in Canada</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Go to every state in America</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Teach/be a student in Australia</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike><span style="color: red;">Teach and/or be a student in New Zealand</span></strike> - COMPLETED Nov 13 - 26, 2016 as a student and complete a Master's degree course IYIS 534 in Auckland and Christchurch, NZ </li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">See all the Wonders of the World in person</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Greece</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Venice</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Disneyland</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Cuba</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Costa Rica</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Scuba Dive</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Climb the <a href="http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/" style="color: #d52a33; text-decoration-line: none;">Eiffel Tower</a></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: red; text-decoration-line: line-through;">Do something totally unselfish</span> - many times & will throughout my life</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Learn to speak Cree fluently<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>- In progress from Sept 2016 - June 2019 at UNBQ in Master's of Arts in Indigenous Languages</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Attend Tony Robbins Seminar & walk on coals</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike>Have one of my grandchildren named after me ~ this one's in my son's court, hee, hee</strike></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><strike>Have my grandchildren born at home, surrounded by friend's & family using a Midwife & Doula ~ again another of my son & his future loves court</strike></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Travel across the USA with a travel trailer or Winnebago</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Be well off financially so I can follow my dreams</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Live until I am 107.5 yrs ~ not dying near my birthday but hope it's a warm & calm day in the summer, can only hope :) </li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Die knowing "I lived life to the fullest" & honored my Creator by appreciating this gift of life. Leave this plain of existence accomplished, loved, & with no regrets & carry the love with me.</li><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style: disc; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;">Will I live to realize this list...who knows!</li></ul><ol></ol></ol>Well this is what I have for now. I believe I want to spend my years seeing the joys & beauty of life. My first 20+ years of life were hard and at times I didn't know if I would survive this long. This is why I CHOOSE never to go back to that place again & CHOOSE to only see a Brighter Future! Life is a Gift people NOT a RIGHT ~ so HONOR YOUR LIFE!<br /><br />Published APRIL 22, 2010</div></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6212254018531627364" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 752px;"><h3 style="color: black; font-family: Times; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">ADJUSTED BUCKET LIST for the times 😆</span></b></h3></div><p>Delete number 33 & 34 as these are beyond my control and delete number 5 as I can't see myself ever getting married 😏</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Learn to fly a plane or helicopter</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Go on a cruise</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Own a communications & socializing business - the plans saved in my head for safe keeping!</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Swim with Dolphins</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">See my Technological Invention a reality ~ benefits children & classrooms all over.</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Have a home totally Environmentally Friendly</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Influence a life to go after their DREAM</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Get my Master's degree - In progress from Sept 2016 - June 2019 at UNBQ in Master’s of Arts in Indigenous Languages</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Cave Exploring</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Go to every Province in Canada</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Go to every state in USA</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Travel first class on an International Flight with the bed pods</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Teach/be a student in Australia</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">See all the Wonders of the World in person</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Greece</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">London, England</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Italy</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Scotland</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Hike to <a href="https://explorerspassage.com/chronicles/hiking-the-inca-trail-to-machu-picchu/" target="_blank">Machu Picchu</a></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Denali</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Australia</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Mexico</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Egypt</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Venice</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Disneyland</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Cuba</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Costa Rica</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Scuba Dive</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Climb the </span><a href="http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/teiffel/uk/" style="color: #d52a33; font-family: times; text-decoration-line: none;">Eiffel Tower</a></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Learn to speak Cree fluently</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">- In progress from Sept 2016 at UNBQ in Master's of Arts in Indigenous Languages</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Attend Tony Robbins Seminar & walk on coals</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Travel across the USA with a travel trailer or Winnebago</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Be well off financially so I can follow my dreams</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Live until I am 107.5 yrs ~ not dying near my birthday but hope it's a warm & calm day in the summer, can only hope :) </span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">Die knowing "I lived life to the fullest" & honored my Creator by appreciating this gift of life. Leave this plain of existence accomplished, loved, & with no regrets & carry the love with me.</span></li><ul><li>Will I live to realize this list...who knows!</li></ul></ol><p></p>S M Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17402266595724722740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-15174014649168743762020-03-22T23:36:00.004-06:002020-03-22T23:36:44.638-06:00My Gift To My Mom 31 Years Ago<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I never really thought of posting my thoughts today but I guess I will.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Today is significant for me for two reasons:</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Today has been 3 months since mom passed and;<br />2. Today has been 31 years since I decided to live a clean lifestyle.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In a way, today, I kept myself busy because I didn't want to think of what today meant for me. However, as I am sitting still now, it's hitting me.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On this day, I would have called mom and said proudly, "mom, today is another year I'm clean". She would have been all happy and we would have talked, reminisced, and reflected on the years gone by.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You see, my mom sobered up, 5 years before me in 1984 and she always used to gently nudge me to seek some sort of counselling or healing because she never came out and said I was an alcoholic or drug addict, she just used to tell me that I was affected by her and my dad's drinking and drugging and all the violence and abuses. She never said it in a way to place blame or anything, my mom understood her and my dad had their hurts and Indian Residential School really affected them too & as a result, they used their addictions to forget the pain. She used to try get me to understand this, even though I really resented her and dad at the time.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">However, 31 years ago, I waited for a call from <a href="https://poundmakerslodge.ca/" target="_blank">Poundmaker's Lodge</a> to see if I was admitted into treatment.</span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZnhb207rB0/XnhJ2FCfGwI/AAAAAAAA8dY/b_SjysczALU1bokakumAPpJeCfC1KytIgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/8004B626-00A5-44BA-831D-B1984CFD8B65.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZnhb207rB0/XnhJ2FCfGwI/AAAAAAAA8dY/b_SjysczALU1bokakumAPpJeCfC1KytIgCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/8004B626-00A5-44BA-831D-B1984CFD8B65.heic" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Mom in Creston, BC in the early 1990s</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So that day, I didn't drink and a few days before that, Andrew (my hubby), carried me out of that club in Edmonton because I was too drunk to walk & that was also the first time my toddler son acted strange towards me, when I got back to my sisters. I woke up on the living room floor with my baby curled up, in fetal position, in only a diaper and freezing against me. It was the worst degrading shameful moment for me. I thought I could "control" it, the drinking, but the truth was in my face.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To make a long story short, on my mom's 43rd birthday (March 23, 1989) we had a birthday dinner for her and my gift to her was to make a wish of her's come true, I would go into treatment & choose a different path for me and my son. It was the best decision I ever made in my life.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My mom was my greatest supporter & she allowed me to volunteer with her as she worked as an addictions counsellor for years in various communities, treatment centres. She worked for so many amazing people that when she had to do training, many times I was allowed to attend, for free, as they understood <b>addictions is a "family disease".</b></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh my god, I can't even tell you all the things we did & how we healed, fought, healed, challenged each other, faced our fears, and enjoyed our rewards. I miss her so much at this moment. This day was our moment together. I have never ever been able to thank her enough for how her Sobriety opened up a whole new world for me. </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>My mom was amazing and one hell of a Warrior.</b></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I miss you so much mom...but also grateful you're with our ancestors now & free from pain. I will try to keep making you proud while you keep watching over our family & like you said, "you will even kick them in the ass too if they don't smarten up" lol</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sorry so long...just needed to share my heart! One thing my mom told me to never be ashamed of doing, was sharing my heart...we spent to many years surviving & keeping our feeling hidden & for us to live healthy, we need to heal and share our hearts <span class="_5mfr" style="margin: 0px 1px;"><span class="_6qdm" style="background-image: url("https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t89/2/16/1f970.png"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; color: transparent; display: inline-block; height: 16px; text-shadow: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; width: 16px;">🥰</span></span> -<b> feel life!</b></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; margin-top: 6px;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>My mom was the Bomb!</b> lol</span></div>
Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-40649379561788944152020-01-15T17:09:00.003-07:002020-01-15T18:45:19.814-07:00The Genocidal Effects of Saddle Lake Cree Nation from the Canadian State<h2>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Saddle Lake Cree Nation</span></b></h2>
<h3>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Treaty No. 6 Territory</span></b></h3>
<h2>
<b>Organized and Featured by Chief Eric Shirt</b></h2>
<div>
<b><br />
</b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">When Treaty is not honoured or respected!</span></b></div>
<div>
<b><br />
</b></div>
In 1876, Treaty No. 6 was made between the Crown of England and the Sovereign Indigenous Peoples of the territory.<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
However, the same year, the Canadian State of England "Indian Act: was made too and it's mandate was to "assimilate" and "kill the Indian in the child"...<br />
<br />
Some of these policies included <u>but not limited too</u>:<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li><b>INDIAN RESERVATIONS:</b></li>
<ul>
<li>Indian Act Policies - set up for failure</li>
<li>Indian Agent Control</li>
<li>Limit mobility - Pass System</li>
<li>Withholding Rations - Starvation</li>
<ul>
<li>Still being enforced throughout Indian Act policies at Band Administration levels</li>
<ul>
<li>"Be a Good Indian" or we will withhold your funding</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<li>Substandard Resources or none at all</li>
<ul>
<li>ie. Poor Housing, over crowding</li>
<li>Lack of Clean Water</li>
<li>Limit access to all amenities</li>
</ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><b>INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS:</b></li>
<ul>
<li>Jail Parents if refused to send children</li>
<li>Children stolen, murdered, tortured etc...</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><b>NWMP / RCMP:</b></li>
<ul>
<li>Overrepresentation within legal systems</li>
<ul>
<li>High incarceration rates</li>
</ul>
<li>#MMIWG & #MMIMB</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">LONG TERM EFFECTS OF GENOCIDE: #Intergenerational Trauma</span></i></b></div>
</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
As a result, the continued genocide of the Indigenous Peoples took on another face and here are some results of these acts to terminate the original peoples of Turtle Island.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<i>NOTE: We had well functioning, strong, Indigenous societies before the impact of colonial oppressions.</i><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Treaty is not Indian Act</span></b></div>
<div>
<br />
<b>Honour <u>your part</u> Canada, as the state of England that benefits from these Treaties with the Crown!</b><br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="415" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F453227085438320%2Fvideos%2F443795953181820%2F&show_text=0&width=560" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="660"></iframe><br />
Posted Facebook in November 2019<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">Please watch & share.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Last week we went to Ottawa to meet with the new Federal Ministers, show them this video of the conditions in SLCN, and request new funding for six specific items that will help alleviate addictions, chronic disease, and poverty in Saddle Lake.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">I strongly urge the Government of Canada to fulfill its treaty obligations, renew our Nation-to-Nation relationship, and work in partnership with us to address the urgent health and safety priorities in our community.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">We are good people.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Hiy hiy,</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Chief Eric Shirt</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Saddle Lake Cree Nation</span></i></span></div>
Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-87755959022681280932018-06-29T09:35:00.000-06:002018-11-20T09:35:49.457-07:00Birch Bark Baskets<h2>
<b>#Indigenous Education</b><b><br />
</b><b>IYIS 204: Language Learning Through Art & Science</b></h2>
<div>
<b><br /></b></div>
<div>
<b>We had an opportunity to learn how to merge traditional arts and science with language learning. This was done through the practical on-hands experience of making Birch Bark Baskets from start to finish...from going on the land to collecting/gathering all the materials, birch bark, spruce roots, and also this was a great opportunity to try to gather other materials used for dying the spruce roots etc...</b></div>
<div>
<b><br /></b></div>
<div>
<b>I utilized Facebook posts to share my progress and grateful to my peers who shared their progress to add to our collective story of making beautifully creative Birch Bark Baskets.</b></div>
<div>
<b><br /></b></div>
<div>
<b>We had to make two (2) Baskets, one (1) to be gifted and the other for yourself. We also had to submit a Unit Plan with a minimum of four (4) Lessons to go with this experience...</b></div>
<h3>
STRIPPING BIRCH BARK</h3>
<iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="709" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fonickamo68%2Fvideos%2F10156092729459340%2F&show_text=1&width=267" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="267"></iframe><br />Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-9245370135449863102018-04-12T04:30:00.002-06:002018-04-12T19:29:11.713-06:00#IndigenousEducationThis semester I'm in a Land-based Indigenous Education course at <b><a href="http://www.bluequills.ca/indigenous-knowledge/" target="_blank">University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">(</span>UnBQ)</a></b> called <b><a href="http://www.bluequills.ca/admissions/unbq-course-descriptions/" target="_blank">IYIS 103</a></b> with Instructor <b><a href="http://ininiwatimtours.squarespace.com/our-crew/" target="_blank">Kevin Lewis</a> at his family's <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/voXU64aEZMU2" target="_blank">kâniyâsihk Culture Camps</a> </b>on <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/DRYfuYCRc272" target="_blank">ministikwan</a> (Island Lake Cree Nation #161) within nehiyawak & <b><a href="https://treaty6education.lskysd.ca/treaty6basics.html" target="_blank">Treaty No. 6</a> </b>ancestral and inherent lands.<br />
<br />
<b>3 - Credit Course</b><br />
<b>4 - 2 Full Days on the Land</b><br />
<br />
<a data-shrink-original-size="28" href="http://ininiwatimtours.squarespace.com/" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1515785118370_299" rel="bookmark" style="background-color: #1d1d1d; color: white; display: block; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.0714286em; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: uppercase;">ᑳᓂᔮᓯᕁ KÂNIYÂSIHK CULTURE CAMPS</a><br />
<br />
<b></b><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><b><span style="font-size: large;">ᑳᓂᔮᓯᕁ kâniyâsihk Culture Camps are based in ᐃᓂᓂᐤ ininiw/ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ nehiyaw (Cree) teachings.</span></b></b></div>
<b> </b><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-46uIRuVprNE/Ws8hPvmo5xI/AAAAAAAAeTk/ZGhsHOlCcas0gfamC_x8nfWRLOAL61HHQCLcBGAs/s1600/Untitled%2B2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1007" data-original-width="1600" height="402" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-46uIRuVprNE/Ws8hPvmo5xI/AAAAAAAAeTk/ZGhsHOlCcas0gfamC_x8nfWRLOAL61HHQCLcBGAs/s640/Untitled%2B2.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;">SOME OF THE CREW Along with the Amazing Stick Boys...Dennis, Derrick, Clifford, Kelly & the amazing cooks, ᓄᐦᑫᒼ nohkom, Matilda, Andrew, and all the other Helpers, including o</span></i><span style="font-size: small;">ur relative helper from France (ᒥᐢᐱᑰᓯᐤ ᐅᐢᑳᐯᐤ mistikôsiw </span></b><b style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">oskâpew</span></b><b style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">), Brieux </span></b><b style="font-size: 12.8px;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">...MUCH LOVE & APPRECIATION FOR YOU ALL!</span></i></b></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<i><b><br />"Many people have degrees but on the land, these people have degrees too, Land-based Degrees" [paraphrasing] - Kevin Lewis</b></i><br />
<i><b><br />
</b></i> First week of classes, I'm all excited to be back & listening and continue to fine tune Cree <b><a href="http://nehiyawewin.ca/" target="_blank">(ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ nehiyawewin)</a></b>. This semester we get to be on the land more and learn and relearn our language and cultural teachings of the land. <b>#IndigenousEducation</b><br />
<h3 style="text-align: right;">
#Reclaim</h3>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">ᐸᐋᐧᐤ ᓂᑕᒋᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᐆᒪ</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">TAWÂW</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">NITACIMOWIN ÔMA</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>(Welcome, this is my journey/story)</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><br />
</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>*******</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Tan’si nitôtem’tik ekwa niwâhkôm-âkan’tik </b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>(Hello/Greetings my friends & all my relations)</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><br />
</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div>
<b>wâpimahihkan ninehiyaw’wîhowin ekwa mîna Shannon Houle nit’siyikason </b></div>
<div>
<i>(my Cree name is white wolf & also my name is Shannon Houle)</i></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>pamâyisk macîhtayân niwîmamisîn ka kisewatisit manitou ôma enanâskomoyân kîsikaw emîkosiyân</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>(Before I begin, I want to call out to the Creator and give thanks for another day, all of Creator’s creations, including my life gifted to me) </i></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>askîw’kihcitamowin epimitisahamân ewîkîyân ekwa onihcik’skwapiwinihk kihci asotamâtowin nikotwâsik ohci nîya</b> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>(I follow the laws of the land and I come from Saddle Lake on Treaty No. 6 Territory of the Cree)</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>*******</b><br />
<b><br />
</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="page" title="Page 1">
<div class="layoutArea">
<div class="column">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<div class="page" title="Page 1">
<div class="layoutArea">
<div class="column">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I am a student who is challenged with not having a fluent speaker with me all the time and have to seek them out. This is a challenge for many of us who have been affected by Language Loss due to colonial encroachment & influences & inter-generational oppression & genocide within our nations on Turtle Island since 1492. <b><i>This is just a fact!</i></b> However, this fact does not define our destiny...there is an unstoppable spirited resurgence across our lands of our peoples reclaiming who we are...and I don't see this stopping but only getting stronger, daily!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wktfs76vM8E" width="560"></iframe><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Youth Are #Rising - Breaking Stereotypes!</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
These are the generations who will not be silenced...we will honour our parents, grandparents, capanak struggles and all they endured...we will #rise and learn the teachings on the lands and manito gift to all of us...we are reconnecting & relearning the interdependent relationship of Mother Earth and all her beings. We will remember our place in all of this, that the land does not belong to us...we belong to it!</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">
#ExercisingAncestralTeachings</h3>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kllclCTSgVI/Ws8v7LQuN6I/AAAAAAAAeZg/WI1mnxDNNhcLNJK8D7RSwrytBFOI5DcjwCLcBGAs/s1600/Slide12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kllclCTSgVI/Ws8v7LQuN6I/AAAAAAAAeZg/WI1mnxDNNhcLNJK8D7RSwrytBFOI5DcjwCLcBGAs/s640/Slide12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption">She told me not to ever forget my Creeness and have high respect and pride. Cree people are of the land, we’re put on this land, and I should not allow anyone to make me think otherwise<!--EndFragment--></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
We have 4 (four) 2-day classes and we have many goals to achieve & teachings to embed into our mind, spirit, body, & heart (miteh) for lifelong holistic learning.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
As I was out there in -35ºc to -47ºc temperatures with my fellow nitôtemak ekwa niwahkomakanak (my friends & relations) & each day is opened with ceremony...everything is done in ceremony.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">"The Land is Ceremony"</span></i></b></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="503" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshannon.houle.94%2Fposts%2F179550946171139&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></i></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>sîpitakanep kihci kiskinohamatokamikohk</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bluequills.ca/indigenous-knowledge/" target="_blank">University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills</a></span></div>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="502" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshannon.houle.94%2Fposts%2F174902113302689&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe></h2>
<h2>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<b><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Let the Facebook posts, videos and pictures tell the story</b></div>
</b></h2>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<b>*****</b></h3>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="212" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshannon.houle.94%2Fposts%2F140312030095031&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br /></div>
<div>
<b><br />
</b><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><b><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="689" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshannon.houle.94%2Fposts%2F142469496545951&width=500" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe></b></b></div>
<b> </b></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="689" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshannon.houle.94%2Fposts%2F141844273275140&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
</div>
<br />
Finally out of bush lol after 2 full days of living life to the fullest<br />
<br />
Was awesome... no phone and wifi & phones kept freezing to take pictures lol<br />
-37 today on the ice - MISTAHIS'Y'SIK (really cold) - KISIN..KISIN...KISIN burrrrrrrrr ⛄<br />
<ul>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">⛺Setting up Camp: MANOKEWIN</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Dog sled: ATIMOTÂPÂNÂSK</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ice Fishing: MISKWAMIY KWÂSKWEPICIKE</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Jigger (Pulling under the ice): SÎPÂSKPOICIKAN</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Fishing: KWÂSKWEPICIKE</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Sewing Mittens: KASKIKWASÔWIN WIHKWESTISAK / ASTISAK</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Setting Traps / Set a trap / Trapping: WANIHIKEWIN / WANIYIHKE / WANIHIHKE</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">I caught the beaver in a trap: NITASOHÂW AMISK</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">I caught my man in a trap: NITASÔHÂW NÎCIMOS 😂😜</span></b></li>
<ul>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">😂 </span><i>Laughter is good medicine</i></b></li>
</ul>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Snare / Setting Snares: TÂPAKWAN / TÂPAKEW</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Net / Setting Net: APAPÎ / PAK'TAHWÂ</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">I skinned beaver: NIPAHKONÂW AMISK</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hide Tanning: PAHKEKINOHKEWIN</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Hide/Skin/Fur: WAYÂN</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">S/he skins it: PAHKONAM</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">To skin: PAHKONA</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">To skin something: PAHKON'KE</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">I went to ceremony: KÂKÎSIHTÂYÂN IYIS'TÂWIN</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Visiting / Visiting Far: KÎHOKEWIN / KIYÔTEWIN </span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cree Language: NEHIYAWEWIN</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Culture: NEHIYAWIWIN / ISIHTWAWIN</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Life: PIMÂCIHOWIN</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Feast & Cooking: WIHKIHKEWIN & NAWACIWIN</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Unity: WICEHTOWIN</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Team: NÎSWAPISOWAK</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Kinship: WAHKOHTOWIN...</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">We all ate wild meat: KÎMÎCITAN WIYÂS</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Lots of Food: MÎCIWIN MISTAHI</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Traditional Foods & Drinks: MASKIHKIWAPOY, MÔSWA WIYAS, WÂPOS MÎCIMAPOY...</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">🌞🔥Fire: ISKOTEW</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Pipe: OSPWÂKAN</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Pipe Stem: ASKITCI</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">🌎Mother Earth / Land: OKÂWÎMÂWASKIY / ASINIY</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Mother Earth gives us life: </span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">OKÂWÎMÂWASKIY KIPIMÂCIHIKONAW</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Rock: ASKIY</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">☔Water: ACAHKOS NIPIY</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">✨Spirit/Star: AHCAHK/AHCAKOS 💥</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Soul Flame: AHCAHK ISKOTEW</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Prayer: KAKISIMON</span></b></li>
<ul>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Sweetgrass: WÎHKASKWA</span></b></li>
</ul>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Fish: KINOSEW</span></b></li>
<ul>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Whitefish: ATIHKAMEK</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Perch: ASÂWESIS</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Pickerel: OKÂW (namoya nawatin)</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Jackfish / Pike: IYINIKINOSEW</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Sucker: NAMEPIY</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Mariah: MÎYAY</span></b></li>
</ul>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Four Legged Onces:</span></b></li>
<ul>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Rabbit: WÂPOS</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Moose: MÔSWA</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Beaver: AMISK</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Buffalo: PASKWÂW MOSTOS</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Deer: ÂP'SI'MÔSOS</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: large;">Dogs: ATIMWAK</span></b></li>
</ul>
</ul>
</div>
<div>
<br />
Laughter...the best stuff <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/indigenouseducation?source=feed_text">#IndigenousEducation</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/unbqiyis103?source=feed_text">#UnBQIYIS103</a><br />
<br />
“Degrees off the land...best ones ever!” <img src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/fd8/2/16/1f44d_1f3fd.png" />👍🏽<img src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/fed/2/16/2764.png" />❤️<img src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ff6/2/16/1f609.png" />😉<br />
<br />
Already anxious for next month...& so so excited to make my own Beaver Mitts...I was wishing for this for so long!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dreams?source=feed_text">#Dreams</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/wishes?source=feed_text">#Wishes</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/makingthemhappen?source=feed_text">#MakingThemHappen</a><br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="635" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FIndigenousLanguagesDepartment%2Fposts%2F381386975710300&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br /></div>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<b><br /></b></h3>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<b>KISEPÎSIM 2018: PEYAK ISKAYIN</b></h3>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="727" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshannon.houle.94%2Fposts%2F142552669870967&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<h3>
<b><br /></b><b>MIKISIW'PÎSIM 2018: NISO </b><b>ISKAYIN</b></h3>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="427" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshannon.houle.94%2Fposts%2F163982454394655&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br />
<b><i><br />
</i></b> <br />
<h4>
<b><i>I can bead but I have no Patience for it, it's my brother's love hahah</i></b></h4>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="638" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshannon.houle.94%2Fposts%2F154640371995530&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3W73HhKyvg/Ws-Y5yRHpnI/AAAAAAAAeaY/CugCVF9mKtE-88eOX75oeNpC8HzBeiwZwCLcBGAs/s1600/SMH%2BSnare%2B1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="528" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3W73HhKyvg/Ws-Y5yRHpnI/AAAAAAAAeaY/CugCVF9mKtE-88eOX75oeNpC8HzBeiwZwCLcBGAs/s400/SMH%2BSnare%2B1.jpg" width="220" /></a></div>
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QMVPjWIoJAE/Ws-Y6HCuffI/AAAAAAAAeac/xJptNTIjFBoWExiSMpw9ScqnNU0bSfuSACLcBGAs/s1600/SMH%2BSnare.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="960" height="176" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QMVPjWIoJAE/Ws-Y6HCuffI/AAAAAAAAeac/xJptNTIjFBoWExiSMpw9ScqnNU0bSfuSACLcBGAs/s320/SMH%2BSnare.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-USNTFMxRuR4/Ws-Y6OlnULI/AAAAAAAAeag/z1j2cvJIJT0he5u-uW3FK3flLvljydCawCLcBGAs/s1600/Snowshoes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-USNTFMxRuR4/Ws-Y6OlnULI/AAAAAAAAeag/z1j2cvJIJT0he5u-uW3FK3flLvljydCawCLcBGAs/s320/Snowshoes.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<b><br />
</b></h3>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<b>NISKIPÎSIM 2018: NISTO A</b><b>ISKAYIN</b></h3>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="753" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshannon.houle.94%2Fposts%2F174489823343918&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="645" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshannon.houle.94%2Fposts%2F174403416685892&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="695" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshannon.houle.94%2Fposts%2F178125936313640&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="633" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshannon.houle.94%2Fposts%2F178228512970049&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="637" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshannon.houle.94%2Fposts%2F181536535972580&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br /></div>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<b><br />
</b></h3>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<b>AYIK'PÎSIM 2018: NEWO </b><b>ISKAYIN</b></h3>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="635" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FIndigenousLanguagesDepartment%2Fposts%2F386911998491131&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br /></div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/l23VCoZABEo" width="560"></iframe><br /></div>
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><br />
</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">WHY DO I DO WHAT I DO?</span></b></div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><br />
</b></div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">FOR THEM...</span></b></div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">awasisak</span></b></div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: blue;">...nosisimak</span></span></b></div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #cc0000;">...capanak</span></span></b></div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">...and to honour our families & </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">those who have left before us, <span style="color: #6aa84f;">our Ancestors</span>!</span></b></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<b> </b><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><b><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="389" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshannon.houle.94%2Fposts%2F160027081456859&width=500" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe></b></b><br />
<b><b><br />
</b></b></div>
<b> </b></div>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aXDbuS2xHug/Ws8iJjTvOpI/AAAAAAAAeT4/tSbhdzsS2qA2IiHIWJij5B4zBIUZ6OV2ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_4801.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aXDbuS2xHug/Ws8iJjTvOpI/AAAAAAAAeT4/tSbhdzsS2qA2IiHIWJij5B4zBIUZ6OV2ACLcBGAs/s400/IMG_4801.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></b><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="623" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshannon.houle.94%2Fposts%2F143080216484879%3A0&width=500" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe></span></b></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eaSAM5syAWo/Ws8kFWFqQiI/AAAAAAAAeW4/Hbw5mxIT_aEnADY5v10fXNZsJ8G0es85wCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/IMG_5247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eaSAM5syAWo/Ws8kFWFqQiI/AAAAAAAAeW4/Hbw5mxIT_aEnADY5v10fXNZsJ8G0es85wCK4BGAYYCw/s320/IMG_5247.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">nohtâwiy ekwa nosisim</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mcg4XjdEmtw/Ws8iyQbogbI/AAAAAAAAeWo/XRmoJkMzs9sIv8Nhxsgi5WDdfYRIwGrgwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_5410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="151" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mcg4XjdEmtw/Ws8iyQbogbI/AAAAAAAAeWo/XRmoJkMzs9sIv8Nhxsgi5WDdfYRIwGrgwCEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_5410.jpg" width="138" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">nîya ekwa nohkompan</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HBy6IE1yIxg/Ws8kYNxGa7I/AAAAAAAAeXc/x3Hw9VmkKOY18IOafa9dQVP1suFJw41rwCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/IMG_1839.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HBy6IE1yIxg/Ws8kYNxGa7I/AAAAAAAAeXc/x3Hw9VmkKOY18IOafa9dQVP1suFJw41rwCK4BGAYYCw/s320/IMG_1839.jpg" width="320" /></a> </td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">nimosompan</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</span></b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">enohte nehiyaweyân ekwa enohte kiskinohamawakik nehiyawe-win nitawasimisak nosisimak ekwa nitâniskotâpânak</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>(I want to learn to speak Cree and I want to teach my children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren)</i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">WE DO THIS</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">4</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">THE<span style="color: #cc0000;"> 7</span> GENERATIONS <i>BEFORE</i> US</span></b></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">AND</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">THE <span style="color: #cc0000;">7</span> GENERATIONS <i>AHEAD</i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br />
</i></span></b> <br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><i>TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE...</i></span></b></i></span></b></div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="502" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshannon.houle.94%2Fposts%2F177724466353787&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><br />
</b></div>
<b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><i>Every time an Elder or Knowledge Keeper passes on to the other world, a library leaves with them...</i></span></b><br />
<b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></b>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qrP0hl9ntwQ/Ws80sjO2AvI/AAAAAAAAeZw/KvDjVpMbnUYDQkVjpA7wonF7PGLwzRpHQCLcBGAs/s1600/Slide06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qrP0hl9ntwQ/Ws80sjO2AvI/AAAAAAAAeZw/KvDjVpMbnUYDQkVjpA7wonF7PGLwzRpHQCLcBGAs/s640/Slide06.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: right;">
<b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i></i></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><i>TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!</i></span></b></div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b> </b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><b><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="490" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshannon.houle.94%2Fposts%2F181123659347201&width=500" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe></b></b><br />
<b><b><br /></b></b> <b><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">ᑳᔭ ᑑᒧᐠ ᐋᑲᒣᔨᒧᐠ</span></b></b><br />
<b><b><span style="font-size: large;">kâya pômok âkameyimok</span></b></b><br />
<b><b><i>(Don't give up, persevere/keep trying)</i></b></b><br />
<b><b><i><br /></i></b></b> <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">*****</span></b></div>
<b> </b></div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><br />
</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">kinanaskom'tinawaw mistahi niwahkomakanak ekwa nitôtemak</span></i></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">💖 kikâsâkihitin 💕 kahkiyaw kahkîke</span></i></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>(Thank you with a lot of great appreciation my relations & friends, I will love you all forever)</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i style="font-size: x-large;">and on behalf of my </i><u style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;">apsis</u><i style="font-size: x-large;"> denésuline blood also - maci cho </i><span style="font-size: x-large;">😙</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">ᐋᐧᐱᒪᐦᐃᐦᑲᐣ</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">(wâpimahikan)</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">keyâpic ôma esihtoskâtoyahk ekwa kinanâskom’tinâwâw mistahi</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>(We are still here and I am very grateful to you all)</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><br />
</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">mîna kihtwâm</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>(See you later and if not, I will see you in the next world)</i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><br />
</i></div>
<!--StartFragment--> <!--EndFragment--><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">ekosi mâka</span></b></div>
<i></i><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><i>(That’s all for now)</i></i></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">ay ay</span></b></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>(Thank you)</i></div>
</div>
Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-11828726633878662932017-12-13T17:49:00.001-07:002017-12-13T17:49:57.997-07:00UnBQ nehiyawetân pihkatewâpoy minihkwetân<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0YLWjVbIs30" width="459"></iframe>Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-64998653395621189012017-05-28T01:01:00.001-06:002017-05-28T01:11:56.624-06:00WHITE FRAGILITYLast week I was assisting a friend to expose racist behavior near a local town surrounded by many First Nation Reservations. Many of this town's residents have been known for generations to racial profile, conduct racially violent actions, and condone racism in the town since it was overtaken and stolen from Metis Settlers in the area...<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
As a result of the Facebook post, it was removed several times and put on Facebook Jail (not allowed to post, comment, or use imessenger) for 24 hours. At the time I found it ironic because in the past many highly racism posts were made for years against people of color and it took many people to get the posts removed but like a Black Pastor in California stated while doing a talk with well known speaker, Time Wise, Facebook is a "White Privileged Social Media" platform that supports Whiteness...</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
So so true...therefore, I thought I would share further explanation of White Fragility because this is what I see when confronting this Mental Conditioning...</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">BELOW IS Isaiah Hines WORDS:</span></b><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1367793399957215&set=a.159400250796542.39168.100001797059089&type=3"><img src="https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-0/p480x480/18700399_1367793399957215_1418120382086716262_o.jpg?oh=9fa6b6a839c29d27835e162d95c4a50e&oe=59BC1FA3" /></a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/isaiah.hines.7?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf">Isaiah Hines</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1367793399957215&set=a.159400250796542.39168.100001797059089&type=3">May 25 at 9:07pm</a> · <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/South-Burlington-Vermont/104067936295520">South Burlington, VT, United States</a> · <br />
<br />
It’s come to my attention that this image is circulating the “Rebel Alliance” Facebook page and is generating quite a bit of confusion. Just wanted to clear up a few things. This is a picture of me, one year ago, giving my final presentation for my AP Psychology class. For this project, we were allowed to choose any psychology-related concept to research and present to the class. <b><i>I chose ‘white fragility’. I stand by my presentation and the concept of white fragility and here’s why.</i></b><br />
<b>White fragility is</b> a term coined by Westfield State University professor Robin DiAngelo. It refers to <b>a mental state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive actions and biological responses.</b> It is a well-researched, well-documented psychological phenomenon and it was entirely appropriate for the assignment. My psychology teacher also fully approved of the presentation.<br />
<br />
Part of <b>why white fragility occurs is</b> because <b>we are falsely taught that racism is an issue solely of moral and immoral people rather than as an issue deeply embedded in our nation's systems and institutions.</b> This means that people believe if they are a good person with good morals, they are incapable of being racist. So, when white people are called out for saying or doing something racially insensitive, they believe they are being called an immoral, bad person. This explains much of the defensiveness.<br />
<br />
In truth, as Americans, <b>we are raised in a racist society that exists as a result of our extensive and violent history of race-based oppression, we are all socialized to have racist tendencies</b>. Saying and doing racist things by mistake does not make you a bad person. Everyone will make these mistakes at some point. Instead of seeing being called out as a personal attack on your character, I encourage people to try to see it as an opportunity to learn and grow.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">The reason it is so important to understand this concept is that it can be a HUGE barrier to having effective conversations on race and racism.</b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">White fragility allows people not to be held accountable for their words and actions, it allows white people to govern when and how racism is discussed, and it reinforces racial power dynamics thus upholding the white supremacy within our society.</span></b><br />
<br />
I did find it just a little funny how many of the people responding to this image with anger or indignation are actually displaying the psychological concept in action! </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<b>I’ve attached the link to my actual presentation below. I HIGHLY suggest everyone take a look!</b><br />
<b><br /></b>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1n6Y-RA1NzEdj4EciCVsmnL13nATbKKUo2c43JWgoMow/htmlpresent" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">WHITE PEOPLE ARE FRAGILE</a></span></b></b></div>
<b>
</b>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">A Psychological Analysis of the Social Phenomenon That Is White Fragility</span></b></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">By Isaiah Hines</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">What Is White Fragility?</span></b></div>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: left;">The term ‘white fragility’ was coined by Robin DiAngelo. </li>
<li style="text-align: left;">It refers to a mental state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable. This then triggers a range of defensive moves. </li>
<li style="text-align: left;">In America, white people live in a social environment that protects them from race-based stress.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">As a result, white people get to set expectations for racial comfort which in turn lowers their tolerance for racial-stress.</li>
</ul>
</div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Why Is It A Bad Thing?</span></b></div>
<ul>
<li>The term ‘white fragility’ was coined by Robin DiAngelo.</li>
<li>It refers to a mental state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable. This then triggers a range of defensive moves.</li>
<li>In America, white people live in a social environment that protects them from race-based stress.</li>
<li>As a result, white people get to set expectations for racial comfort which in turn lowers their tolerance for racial-stress.</li>
</ul>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Why Does This Happen?</span></b><br />
<div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-7eb76bb9-4de1-0df3-3462-83aed9a04f6d"></span><br />
<ul><span id="docs-internal-guid-7eb76bb9-4de1-0df3-3462-83aed9a04f6d">
<li>Most white people understand racism solely as an issue of moral and immoral people.</li>
<li>They believe if they’re a good person with good intentions, they can’t be racist.</li>
<li>They also tend to believe that racism consists of easily identifiable singular acts such as racial slurs, hate crimes, etc.</li>
<li>When white people are called out for doing something racist, they tend to think they are being called a bad person, which upsets them. </li>
</span></ul>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-7eb76bb9-4de1-0df3-3462-83aed9a04f6d">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">How Can We Avoid It?</span></b></span></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div>
<b> REMEMBER:</b></div>
<ul>
<li>There is no such thing as “reverse racism”</li>
<li>There is no such thing as “colorblindness”</li>
<li>Racism is not always overt and due to the racist society that we live in, we are all capable of it.</li>
<li>Simply speaking about race is not racist.</li>
<li>When called out for saying/doing something racist, take it as an opportunity to learn and grow.</li>
<li>You are never “done” unlearning racism.</li>
<li>Learn how to listen and never try to dominate a conversation on racism with a person of color.</li>
</ul>
<br />
<div>
<div>
<div>
Also, here are some links that I’ve often used when facilitating discussions on this topic. I find both of these pieces extremely helpful and educational.</div>
<div>
<br />
<div>
<div class="coverage_header_bar coverage_header_bar_media-culture" style="color: #f1602c; font-family: museo_slab500, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; width: 944px;">
CULTURE</div>
<div class="region region-content">
<div class="block block-system first last odd count-1" id="block-system-main" style="position: relative;">
<div class="content">
<div about="/culture/why-white-people-freak-out-when-theyre-called-out-about-race" class="node node-story view-mode-full clearfix=" id="node-1032874" style="position: relative;" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document">
<div class="headline">
<h1 class="node-title" style="clear: both; line-height: 52px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">
<a href="http://www.alternet.org/culture/why-white-people-freak-out-when-theyre-called-out-about-race" style="background-color: white; color: #1a2f5a; font-family: museo_slab500, sans-serif; font-size: 40px;" target="_blank">Why White People Freak Out When They're Called Out About Race</a><span style="color: #1a2f5a; font-family: "museo_slab500" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 40px;"> </span></span><span style="color: red; font-size: small;">< Click Here to Read More</span></h1>
</div>
<div class="teaser" style="background-color: white; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<div class="field field-name-field-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden">
<div class="field-items">
<div class="field-item even">
'White fragility' is a defensive response to real conversations about race.</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="byline media-culture" style="background-color: white; float: left; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; max-width: 350px;">
<em>By</em> <em><a href="http://www.alternet.org/authors/sam-adler-bell" style="color: #f1602c; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">Sam Adler-Bell</a></em> / <span class="field field-name-field-sources field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><span class="field-items"><span class="field-item even"><a href="http://alternet.org/" style="color: #f1602c; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">AlterNet</a></span></span></span></div>
<div class="story-date" style="background-color: white; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); color: #cccccc; float: left; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-left: 20px; padding-left: 15px;">
<em>March 12, 2015</em></div>
<div class="authors_signup" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">
<div class="item-list">
<ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<li class="first last"></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div class="top-tools" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; padding-top: 15px;">
<div class="left" style="float: left; height: 35px; overflow: hidden; width: 308.688px;">
<div class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-description="'White fragility' is a defensive response to real conversations about race. Stop me if you’ve heard this one." data-title="Why White People Freak Out When They're Called Out About Race @alternet" data-url="http://www.alternet.org/culture/why-white-people-freak-out-when-theyre-called-out-about-race" style="clear: both;">
<div aria-labelledby="at-8486aca4-696f-4a12-b7b2-64cf0f222274" class="at-share-tbx-element addthis-smartlayers addthis-animated at4-show" id="atstbx" role="region" style="animation-duration: 0.3s; animation-fill-mode: both; animation-timing-function: ease-out; color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; opacity: 1 !important; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<b><a href="http://libjournal.uncg.edu/ijcp/article/download/249/116" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">White Fragility</span></a></b><br />
<h4>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">by Robin DiAngelo</span></b></h4>
<div>
White people in North America live in a social environment that protects and insulates
them from race-based stress. This insulated environment of racial protection
builds white expectations for racial comfort while at the same time lowering
the ability to tolerate racial stress, leading to what I refer to as White Fragility.
White Fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes
intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include
the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such
as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation. These behaviors,
in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium. This paper explicates
the dynamics of White Fragility.
I am a white woman. I am standing beside a black woman. We are facing a group
of white people who are seated in front of us. We are in their workplace, and have
been hired by their employer to lead them in a dialogue about race. The room is
filled with tension and charged with hostility. I have just presented a definition
of racism that includes the acknowledgment that whites hold social and institutional
power over people of color. A white man is pounding his fist on the table.
His face is red and he is furious. As he pounds he yells, “White people have been
discriminated against for 25 years! A white person can’t get a job anymore!”</div>
<div>
<a href="http://libjournal.uncg.edu/ijcp/article/download/249/116" target="_blank">... Read More</a> </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<br />
I'm happy to respond to any questions or concerns or just further explain this concept if anyone is interested. Just let me know!<br />
<br />
<b>See the original post on Facebook below:</b><br />
<div>
<br />
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="503" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fodessakillers%2Fposts%2F832209860287890&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br /></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-50886439807064837932017-05-03T00:49:00.003-06:002017-05-03T00:49:41.595-06:00Healing Through Neurodecolonization and Mindfulness"<h2>
Dr. Michael Yellow Bird</h2>
<h3>
"Healing through neurodecolonization and mindfulness"</h3>
<div>
Dr. Michael Yellow Bird speaks at Portland State University, "Healing through neurodecolonization and mindfulness". Indigenous scholar and activist, citizen of the Arikara (Sahniish) and Hidatsa Nations in North Dakota. Dr. Yellow Birds activism focuses on: Native American and other Indigenous Peoples cultural and political rights; Indigenous Peoples’ health and wellness, neurodeocolonization and mindfulness; and Colonization and methods of Decolonization.<br />
<br />
He is also co-editor and author of several books: For Indigenous Eyes Only: The Decolonization Handbook, 2005 (with Dr. Waziyatawin); Indigenous Social Work around the World: Towards Culturally Relevant Education and Practice, 2008 (with Drs. Mel Gray and John Coates); For Indigenous Minds Only, 2012 (with Dr. Waziyatawin); and Decolonizing Social Work, 2013 (with Mel Gray, John Coates, and Tiani Hetherington)<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/86995336?portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe><br />
<br />
<a href="https://vimeo.com/86995336">DECOLONIZING THE MIND</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/easter">cheryle easter</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
<br />
PowerPoint From 2015: <b><a href="http://creatinganewlegacy2015.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Dr-Michael-Yellow-Bird.pdf" target="_blank">Concepts of Traditional Mindfulness and Neurodecolonization of the Mind and Body</a></b><br />
<br />
<br />
Dr. Michel Yellow Bird attended the <b><a href="http://www.bqindigenousthoughtconference.ca/" target="_blank">Indigenous Thought Conference</a></b> as a <b><a href="http://www.bqindigenousthoughtconference.ca/speakers-and-presenters/" target="_blank">Keynote Speaker</a></b> at the <b><a href="http://www.bluequills.ca/" target="_blank">University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills</a></b> from May 2-5, 2017<br />
<br />
<b><a href="https://www.ndsu.edu/socanth/faculty/michael_yellow_bird/">Dr. Michael Yellow Bird</a></b> is a citizen of the Three Affiliated Tribes, (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara), and a Professor of Sociology and Director of Indigenous Tribal Studies at North Dakota State University. He joined the NDSU faculty in the fall of 2014. He has held faculty and/or academic administrative appointments at the University of British Columbia, University of Kansas, Arizona State University, and Humboldt State University.<br />
<br />
His teaching, writing, research, and community work focus on Indigenous Peoples’ health, leadership, and cultural rights; the effects of colonization and methods of decolonization; decolonizing social work approaches; decolonizing war and military service; neurodecolonization and mind body approaches; neuroscience and Indigenous Peoples; traditional mindfulness and contemplative practices; ancestral and paleo eating and lifestyle; and the Rights of Mother Earth.</div>
Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-66394437778217535532017-02-18T17:48:00.000-07:002017-03-18T18:09:44.341-06:00Kehewin Language and Cultural Symposium<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b><i><span style="color: #660000;">A short journal as an attendee of the event...</span></i></b></div>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">KEHEWIN LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL SYMPOSIUM</span></b></h2>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<b>KEHEWIN CREE NATION (KCN), TREATY NO. 6 TERRITORY</b><b><br />
</b><b>February 15-17, 2017</b></h3>
<div>
<b><br /></b></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NBI5XDIt-N0/WM2-UUWZMtI/AAAAAAAALzo/afMepAqN6rsfCeLXTTnv_w3bnrGtzmZBQCLcB/s1600/20170217_150846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NBI5XDIt-N0/WM2-UUWZMtI/AAAAAAAALzo/afMepAqN6rsfCeLXTTnv_w3bnrGtzmZBQCLcB/s400/20170217_150846.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #660000;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i><span style="color: #660000;">“To strive to retain Cree Language with Culture”</span></i></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WdAkJLdR4bE/WM2-MrO5idI/AAAAAAAAL0E/Fvgegm3vaP8VzLl1VK774y0EDD9Faj6_gCPcB/s1600/20170216_094623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WdAkJLdR4bE/WM2-MrO5idI/AAAAAAAAL0E/Fvgegm3vaP8VzLl1VK774y0EDD9Faj6_gCPcB/s200/20170216_094623.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KCN Chief Brenda John - <b>Tawaw</b></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
It was a pleasure to attend the language conference held in our neighbouring tribe. This was a great opportunity to hear some key trail blazers in language revitalization within our Indigenous Lands and some used research to support the need for revitalization and strategies to strengthen our goals towards success of removing our languages from the endangered status.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sOaUcaoAskQ/WM2-T-J6MzI/AAAAAAAALzk/mScMMLulezwARyv3gFn9UH6gXxa852ZPgCLcB/s1600/20170217_150556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sOaUcaoAskQ/WM2-T-J6MzI/AAAAAAAALzk/mScMMLulezwARyv3gFn9UH6gXxa852ZPgCLcB/s320/20170217_150556.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
The Chief and Council and Elder’s support and presence was exceptional and reflected their focus of treaty and education etc. during the grand entry with our Treaty No. 6 flag, the Crown flag and their nation’s flag present. There was no Canadian or Provincial flag present. This was something another attendee commented on and noticed at the table I was at and she thought this was a great demonstration of honour and respect for who we are as nehiyawak and an honour to witness.<br />
<br />
However, on a more personal journey, this was a great opportunity to network with others of like minds, support each other on this journey of reclamation, and reiterate a message that we are all interconnected on this journey together. After all, language is a vital tool way beyond communication. <br />
<br />
The three-day conference was very well organized and planned with exceptional Keynote Speakers Belinda Daniels and Solomon Ratt and wide variety of Presenters. It was hard to decide what sessions to attend as some were scheduled longer than others and overlapped. I was left with having to let go <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YtSApjbn6B8" width="560"></iframe><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
of the opportunity to see some presenter’s sessions. I did, however, attend Darlene Auger’s session on Swing Therapy, half of Jerry Saddlebacks’ session on the nehiyaw Creation Story, and Elmer Ballantyne on wahkotowin. All were exceptional sessions leaving me yearning for more but again leaving me feeling like I needed to let go of my desires to learn more those days. I guess in the future I can hope to cross paths with them again in “Indian Country”.<br />
<br />
The first session I attended was Darlene Auger’s and I walked away more enlightened on how she started her journey to start the Swing Exercises. I heard of her work years ago and want to participate in it sometime to assist in furthering my own healing pimohtewin. After she shared her story, she <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eT953lA3uZc/WM2-Prw6TcI/AAAAAAAAL0E/FlUa46QUf_4two0IapBt5sRSbPlFY2fNQCPcB/s1600/20170216_153624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eT953lA3uZc/WM2-Prw6TcI/AAAAAAAAL0E/FlUa46QUf_4two0IapBt5sRSbPlFY2fNQCPcB/s200/20170216_153624.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
demonstrated the method with a volunteer. Later, we did discuss doing this with our Master’s Students this spring. This was promising. I strongly believe in the swing for children and helping our people heal from intergenerational traumas. Traumas which can also be barriers for our people to learn our Indigenous languages and a path of resurgence.<br />
<br />
The second presenter I briefly listened to was Jerry Saddleback and I walked away with another part of the Creation Story as many are aware, takes days to hear. However, grateful for the piece I did hear on a spirit’s journey on sharing some sacred medicines across our lands even as far as south of the border, before those superficial borders were invented by our colonizers. Every time I have an opportunity to hear him speak, I am grateful for him and the time and energy he puts towards sharing the stories. It is always a blessing to hear him, even if only for a short time.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jnIjsofnlCo/WM2-RgUrwRI/AAAAAAAAL0E/sd9Aucjq67k90VfK4vQWyK8qSRYhLUmdACPcB/s1600/20170217_133330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jnIjsofnlCo/WM2-RgUrwRI/AAAAAAAAL0E/sd9Aucjq67k90VfK4vQWyK8qSRYhLUmdACPcB/s200/20170217_133330.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qQn5otVnR-w/WM2-SZxaUaI/AAAAAAAAL0E/ld35dCWFZSM_VDZIEbcJNWM3v1RxgRuBgCPcB/s1600/20170217_135011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qQn5otVnR-w/WM2-SZxaUaI/AAAAAAAAL0E/ld35dCWFZSM_VDZIEbcJNWM3v1RxgRuBgCPcB/s200/20170217_135011.jpg" width="150" /></a>The third session I attended was with Elmer Ballantyne from Saskatchewan. He shared part of his life and expanded on the importance of kinship and why some of the words are the way they are as they tie into teachings and roles of how we interact with each other. For example, in-laws would not talk to each other as a sign of great respect and find other ways to communicate and often through others or animals or objects. It always is interesting to hear because over the years I have seen some of these behaviors demonstrated and sometimes some didn’t know why, they just did it. Some of this knowledge was shared and some was blood memory. Kinship is always interesting as the connections are not always simple but the kinship system is very complex but also very efficient.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n_iwdaY-YaU" width="560"></iframe><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
What I remembered the most were the sessions and I did catch parts of the Keynote Speakers words but sometimes, it was not always easy to hear due to the busyness of the gym while they spoke. However, it was great to stay and attend the evening event and listen to a fun laughter filled gym with Don Burnstick. This allowed me to free my spirit and just have some fun and laugh until I cried hahaha. As was all know, I hate laughing! haha<br />
<br />
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H7Dir4GLvN8/WM2-QeeD38I/AAAAAAAAL0E/4_uFdP-Tkq4dRuJJf6m3kfyqH5-SA1TxQCPcB/s1600/20170216_193103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H7Dir4GLvN8/WM2-QeeD38I/AAAAAAAAL0E/4_uFdP-Tkq4dRuJJf6m3kfyqH5-SA1TxQCPcB/s320/20170216_193103.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
I did walk away with many pictures, some video of wise words from people like KCN Councillor <br />
Ben Badger, and my peers. It was also great to see so many attend as the even was full. I really hope there are more conferences like this locally, with easy access, for our people to attend as the registration was minimal and it included meals and evening entertainment. This was what I liked about it too, welcoming environment, fun, professional but laid back, healthy meals, easy to access and attend, and affordable…but most importantly the exercising of our language and culture!<br />
<br />
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VjOU-kDvRSk/WM2-NdBy0VI/AAAAAAAAL0I/SfkhvaaJXi41rzl2I9L8HksD23CommpPgCPcB/s1600/20170216_094938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VjOU-kDvRSk/WM2-NdBy0VI/AAAAAAAAL0I/SfkhvaaJXi41rzl2I9L8HksD23CommpPgCPcB/s320/20170216_094938.jpg" width="320" /></a><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i>Memorable three days on Treaty No. 6 Territory reclaiming & resurgence of language and culture...</i></span></b><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5Nz8uQCROuo/WM2-NNZ0P4I/AAAAAAAAL0E/6hRIaw8AO-EVdwhdbbGdp99HkJ9ved-8ACPcB/s1600/20170216_094925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5Nz8uQCROuo/WM2-NNZ0P4I/AAAAAAAAL0E/6hRIaw8AO-EVdwhdbbGdp99HkJ9ved-8ACPcB/s320/20170216_094925.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0tPwkgOCXqQ/WM2-NKAFK1I/AAAAAAAAL0E/fH4yLKQuKbI7evUjuFvrQPimlRFpI7nHgCPcB/s1600/20170216_094921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0tPwkgOCXqQ/WM2-NKAFK1I/AAAAAAAAL0E/fH4yLKQuKbI7evUjuFvrQPimlRFpI7nHgCPcB/s320/20170216_094921.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mOC9soXPG2I/WM2-MmwtM3I/AAAAAAAAL0I/DgA05CLAtEIB8nmeY6xbDH-QmrLwir7xwCPcB/s1600/20170216_094522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mOC9soXPG2I/WM2-MmwtM3I/AAAAAAAAL0I/DgA05CLAtEIB8nmeY6xbDH-QmrLwir7xwCPcB/s320/20170216_094522.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l8RQkEJoi24/WM2-MvLPgbI/AAAAAAAAL0I/O8YYTNPADQIGo2AbMtTw7A8l1anTtMd0wCPcB/s1600/20170216_094537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l8RQkEJoi24/WM2-MvLPgbI/AAAAAAAAL0I/O8YYTNPADQIGo2AbMtTw7A8l1anTtMd0wCPcB/s320/20170216_094537.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"MS 明朝";
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.14" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-font-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.15" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">charset</span>:128;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.16" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-generic-font-family:auto;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.17" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-font-pitch:variable;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.18" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 134217746 0 131231 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.19" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">Cambria</span> Math";
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.20" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">panose</span>-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.21" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-font-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.22" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">charset</span>:1;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.23" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-generic-font-family:roman;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.24" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-font-format:other;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.25" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-font-pitch:variable;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.26" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.27" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">Cambria</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.28" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">panose</span>-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.29" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-font-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.30" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">charset</span>:0;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.31" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-generic-font-family:auto;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.32" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-font-pitch:variable;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.33" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-font-signature:-536870145 1073743103 0 0 415 0;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.34" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">MsoNormal</span>, <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.35" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">li</span>.<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.36" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">MsoNormal</span>, div.<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.37" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">MsoNormal</span>
{<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.38" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.39" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">unhide</span>:no;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.40" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.41" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">qformat</span>:yes;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.43" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.50" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.57" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">Cambria</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.58" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.59" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">ascii</span>-font-family:<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.60" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">Cambria</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.61" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.62" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">ascii</span>-theme-font:minor-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.65" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">latin</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.66" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.67" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">fareast</span>-font-family:"MS 明朝";
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.68" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.69" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">fareast</span>-theme-font:minor-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.72" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">fareast</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.73" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.74" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">hansi</span>-font-family:<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.75" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">Cambria</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.76" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.77" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">hansi</span>-theme-font:minor-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.80" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">latin</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.81" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.82" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">bidi</span>-font-family:"Times New Roman";
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.86" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.87" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">bidi</span>-theme-font:minor-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.90" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">bidi</span>;}
p.<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.91" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">MsoHeader</span>, <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.92" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">li</span>.<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.93" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">MsoHeader</span>, div.<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.94" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">MsoHeader</span>
{<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.95" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-priority:99;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.98" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-link:"Header Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.107" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-pagination:widow-orphan;
tab-stops:center 3.0in right 6.0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.120" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">Cambria</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.121" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.122" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">ascii</span>-font-family:<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.123" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">Cambria</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.124" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.125" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">ascii</span>-theme-font:minor-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.128" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">latin</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.129" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.130" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">fareast</span>-font-family:"MS 明朝";
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.131" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.132" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">fareast</span>-theme-font:minor-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.135" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">fareast</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.136" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.137" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">hansi</span>-font-family:<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.138" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">Cambria</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.139" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.140" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">hansi</span>-theme-font:minor-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.143" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">latin</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.144" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.145" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">bidi</span>-font-family:"Times New Roman";
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.149" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.150" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">bidi</span>-theme-font:minor-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.153" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">bidi</span>;}
p.<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.154" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">MsoFooter</span>, <span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.155" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">li</span>.<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.156" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">MsoFooter</span>, div.<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.157" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">MsoFooter</span>
{<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.158" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-priority:99;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.161" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-link:"Footer Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.170" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-pagination:widow-orphan;
tab-stops:center 3.0in right 6.0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.183" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">Cambria</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.184" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.185" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">ascii</span>-font-family:<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.186" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">Cambria</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.187" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.188" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">ascii</span>-theme-font:minor-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.191" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">latin</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.192" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.193" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">fareast</span>-font-family:"MS 明朝";
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.194" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.195" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">fareast</span>-theme-font:minor-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.198" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">fareast</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.199" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.200" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">hansi</span>-font-family:<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.201" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">Cambria</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.202" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.203" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">hansi</span>-theme-font:minor-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.206" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">latin</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.207" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.208" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">bidi</span>-font-family:"Times New Roman";
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.212" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.213" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">bidi</span>-theme-font:minor-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.216" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">bidi</span>;}
span.<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.218" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">HeaderChar</span>
{<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.219" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-name:"Header Char";
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.223" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-priority:99;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.226" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.227" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">unhide</span>:no;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.228" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-locked:yes;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.231" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-link:Header;}
span.<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.235" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">FooterChar</span>
{<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.236" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-name:"Footer Char";
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.240" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-priority:99;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.243" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.244" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">unhide</span>:no;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.245" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-locked:yes;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.248" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-link:Footer;}
.<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.251" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">MsoChpDefault</span>
{<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.252" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-style-type:export-only;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.255" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-default-props:yes;
font-family:<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.259" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">Cambria</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.260" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.261" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">ascii</span>-font-family:<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.262" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">Cambria</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.263" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.264" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">ascii</span>-theme-font:minor-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.267" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">latin</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.268" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.269" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">fareast</span>-font-family:"MS 明朝";
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.270" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.271" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">fareast</span>-theme-font:minor-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.274" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">fareast</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.275" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.276" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">hansi</span>-font-family:<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.277" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">Cambria</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.278" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.279" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">hansi</span>-theme-font:minor-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.282" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">latin</span>;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.283" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.284" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">bidi</span>-font-family:"Times New Roman";
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.288" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.289" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">bidi</span>-theme-font:minor-<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.292" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">bidi</span>;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:.8in .8in .8in .8in;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.305" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-header-margin:35.3pt;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.310" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-footer-margin:35.3pt;
<span class="goog-spellcheck-word" id=":df.315" tabindex="-1" role="menuitem" aria-haspopup="true" style="background: yellow;">mso</span>-paper-source:0;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
</style> --><style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"MS 明朝";
mso-font-charset:128;
mso-generic-font-family:auto;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 134217746 0 131231 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;
mso-font-charset:1;
mso-generic-font-family:roman;
mso-font-format:other;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:Cambria;
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;
mso-font-charset:0;
mso-generic-font-family:auto;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:-536870145 1073743103 0 0 415 0;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-unhide:no;
mso-style-qformat:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"MS 明朝";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}
p.MsoHeader, li.MsoHeader, div.MsoHeader
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Header Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
tab-stops:center 3.0in right 6.0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"MS 明朝";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}
p.MsoFooter, li.MsoFooter, div.MsoFooter
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Footer Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
tab-stops:center 3.0in right 6.0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"MS 明朝";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}
span.HeaderChar
{mso-style-name:"Header Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-unhide:no;
mso-style-locked:yes;
mso-style-link:Header;}
span.FooterChar
{mso-style-name:"Footer Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-unhide:no;
mso-style-locked:yes;
mso-style-link:Footer;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
mso-default-props:yes;
font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"MS 明朝";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:.8in .8in .8in .8in;
mso-header-margin:35.3pt;
mso-footer-margin:35.3pt;
mso-paper-source:0;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
</style>
-->Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-69402751293803638332017-01-10T23:00:00.003-07:002017-01-11T10:20:42.755-07:00CHALLENGING COLONIAL SYSTEMS ADOPTED BY INDIANS<div>
<b>SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE</b><br>
<br>
When I attended a Treaty 1-11 meeting in 2013 hosted by Onion Lake, there was a presentation to all leaders and treaty people about how Indian Act is set up to policy out all Indians from Inherent and/or Treaty Rights (1950s changed Treaty to Status) and when women from Saddle Lake challenged Indian Affairs, Canada used the bill, C-31 to add their own additional enfranchising criteria to water down or weaken inherent/treaty rights. This wasn’t the intent of the women who challenged Indian Affairs, it was politicians who used the women’s re-instatement challenge to push their own agenda to remove rights over generations (also a White Paper agenda).<br>
<br>
What would today be like or the future of all our people if people like Big Bear, Poundmaker, Nellie Carlson, or those of Oka etc. never challenged the systems or colonial people?<br>
<br>
Anyways, at this meeting we were all being informed that due to Indian Affairs current policies, more future generations will be refused status/treaty rights to eventually zero band membership registrations by 2050. This was also projected for the future of Saddle Lake Cree Nation in 2050 at current band membership issue. Leaders were advised to challenge Canada and Indian Affairs to protect future generations by taking back control of our ᐊᐧᐦᑯᐦᑐᐃᐧᐣ wahkohtowin (kinship) and nationhood so we maintain our inherent and treaty rights as the Original Peoples of Turtle Island etc..</div>
<div>
<br></div>
<div>
As I was about to scan through a section of the book, <b>“<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15939616-disinherited-generations" target="_blank">Disinherited Generations</a>”</b>, written by Carlson, Steinhauer, Goyette, I came across a few pages that reminded me of my current situation with this <b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5DALm7t1qmmdFJlcGUwTS1ud00/view" target="_blank">Saddle Lake Cree Nation Election 2016 Federal Judicial Review</a></b>. </div>
<div>
<br></div>
<div>
<br></div>
<div>
<a name="more"></a><h1 class="bookTitle" id="bookTitle" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 2px; width: 455px;">
Disinherited Generations: Our Struggle to Reclaim Treaty Rights for First Nations Women and Their Descendants</h1>
<div class="stacked" id="bookAuthors" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px;">
<span class="by smallText" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 14px;">by</span> <span itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="authorName" href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6508148.Nellie_Carlson" itemprop="url" style="color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 19.8px; text-decoration: none;">Nellie Carlson</a></span></div>
<div class="uitext stacked hreview-aggregate" id="bookMeta" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/AggregateRating" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; position: relative;">
<span class="stars staticStars" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #aaaaaa; display: inline-block; font-size: 0px; height: 15px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap; width: 75px;"><span class="staticStar p10" style="background-image: url("data:image/png; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 15px; float: left; height: 15px; width: 15px;"></span><span class="staticStar p10" style="background-image: url("data:image/png; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 15px; float: left; height: 15px; width: 15px;"></span><span class="staticStar p10" style="background-image: url("data:image/png; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 15px; float: left; height: 15px; width: 15px;"></span><span class="staticStar p10" style="background-image: url("data:image/png; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 15px; float: left; height: 15px; width: 15px;"></span><span class="staticStar p3" style="background-image: url("data:image/png; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 15px; float: left; height: 15px; width: 15px;"></span></span> <span class="value rating">4.25</span> <span class="greyText" style="color: #aaaaaa;"> · </span> <a class="actionLinkLite" href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15939616-disinherited-generations#" id="rating_details" style="color: #00635d; cursor: pointer; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"><span class="rating_graph" id="rating_graph" style="cursor: pointer;"><span style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 238, 221); display: inline-block; line-height: 0; padding: 2px; vertical-align: middle;"><svg height="15" width="16"><g transform="translate(0,0)"><rect cursor="" fill-opacity="1" fill="rgb(33,86,37)" height="2" stroke-opacity="0" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="none" width="16" x="0" y="0"></rect><rect cursor="" fill-opacity="1" fill="rgb(33,86,37)" height="2" stroke-opacity="0" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="none" width="8" x="0" y="3"></rect><rect cursor="" fill-opacity="1" fill="rgb(33,86,37)" height="2" stroke-opacity="0" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="none" width="8" x="0" y="6"></rect><rect cursor="" fill-opacity="1" fill="rgb(33,86,37)" height="2" stroke-opacity="0" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="none" width="1e-10" x="0" y="9"></rect><rect cursor="" fill-opacity="1" fill="rgb(33,86,37)" height="2" stroke-opacity="0" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="none" width="1e-10" x="0" y="12"></rect></g></svg></span> </span>Rating Details</a><span class="greyText" style="color: #aaaaaa;"> · </span> <a class="actionLinkLite votes" href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15939616-disinherited-generations#other_reviews" style="color: #00635d; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"><span class="value-title" itemprop="ratingCount" title="8">8 Ratings</span> </a><span class="greyText" style="color: #aaaaaa;"> · </span> <a class="actionLinkLite" href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15939616-disinherited-generations#other_reviews" style="color: #00635d; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"><span class="count"><span class="value-title" title="3">3</span></span> Reviews</a></div>
<div id="descriptionContainer" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #181818; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">
<div class="readable stacked" id="description" style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; right: 0px;">
<span id="freeText9568988970223498121">This oral autobiography of two remarkable Cree women tells their life stories against a backdrop of government discrimination, First Nations activism, and the resurgence of First Nations communities. Nellie Carlson and Kathleen Steinhauer, who helped to organize the Indian Rights for Indian Women movement in western Canada in the 1960s, fought the Canadian government#146;s interpretation of treaty and Aboriginal rights, the Indian Act, and the male power structure in their own communities in pursuit of equal rights for Aboriginal women and children. After decades of activism and court battles, First Nations women succeeded in changing these oppressive regulations, thus benefitting thousands of their descendants. Those interested in human rights, activism, history, and Native Studies will find that these personal stories, enriched by detailed notes and photographs, form a passionate record of an important, continuing struggle.</span> <a data-text-id="9568988970223498121" href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15939616-disinherited-generations#" style="color: #00635d; text-decoration: none;">(less)</a></div>
</div>
<br></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">This is not a case about power or control, it’s about rights, the right to be treated fairly, the right to exercise rights as a person/people who are part of a nation, and even exercise the option/choice to serve the people, in a leadership capacity, if the people so choose to exercise their rights to vote a person for that position.</span></b> </div>
<div>
<br></div>
<div>
<b>It is more than just about an election, it’s about all band members not being discriminated against or belittled/excluded or targeted but treated as valuable worthy members of our band or nation with skills to offer for the betterment of our people. It’s about no one being better than another or less than another</b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">…it’s about fairness, respect, exercise rights, and not accept tyranny.</span></b></div>
<div>
<br>
This is what this is about, not all will agree or others have their own belief or idea of why we are challenging the Election process, but I guess we will be accountable to Kise manitow for those actions of truth.<br>
<br>
As I opened the book and started to read a section, it reminded me that history is being repeated (Saddle Lake Election 2016 Federal Court Judicial Review hearing January 17, 2017) in the sense of how humans react defensively and persecute people who challenge systems and attempt to create division, conduct fear mongering etc..; especially if they benefit in some way (i.e.. false power, status, financially etc.) from the corrupt system and/or process.<br>
<br>
Here is the section I read and decide for yourself, if history is repeating in the sense of the treatment of anyone who challenges corruption etc… At the end of the day, each morning gives us all a new beginning to change our ways, correct, and/or improve life for all/ourselves etc.. for all future generations to benefit.<br>
<br>
Here is to nationhood and hope that our ancestors assist and guide us to ensure we be the best we can be and remember to guarantee a future for all our people.<br>
<b><br>SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE</b><br>
<br>
Pages 36, 39, 40: Nellie Leaves Saddle Lake<br>
<br>
Read the attached pictures of the pages but these words stand out for those who believe I do not belong or have the right to exercise my rights as a band member…<br>
<br>
some people know the history & know how bad the women where treated and even their lives threatened at times too by family members…but they were thinking of our future generations…<br>
<br>
as Nellie walks into the Indian Agent office, </div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">“…I unlocked the hook, and I went in…But I went right in, and said to the Indian Agent, “Sir, I came to say goodbye”. He said, “Get this damn Indian woman out of here!” He just said that. And I said back to him: “See! You called me an Indian woman! That is what I am” He didn’t like to hear me saying that. We were expected to respect them. I guess we didn’t! And I said, </span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></b></div>
<div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">“I’ve come here to tell you. I’ll be back to fight for my treaty rights.” That’s when he said: “Oh, no, you can’t” And I said: “I can!”…”</span></b></div>
<div>
<br></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uNoHI48pJT4/WHXIRvKW4oI/AAAAAAAALDA/dRkScb1gNTYawXGpo1Aof7rSJ_thbakAwCEw/s1600/20170110_214500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uNoHI48pJT4/WHXIRvKW4oI/AAAAAAAALDA/dRkScb1gNTYawXGpo1Aof7rSJ_thbakAwCEw/s640/20170110_214500.jpg" width="360"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Disinherited Generations, Page 36</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Y6eO62CVVY/WHXIRtR9lpI/AAAAAAAALC8/lX8Vi7Sbdr8UWdWU8VYwrEhBMi5GBa4uACEw/s1600/20170110_214541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Y6eO62CVVY/WHXIRtR9lpI/AAAAAAAALC8/lX8Vi7Sbdr8UWdWU8VYwrEhBMi5GBa4uACEw/s640/20170110_214541.jpg" width="360"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Disinherited Generations, Page 39</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fllst3EBp_A/WHXIRnB9w-I/AAAAAAAALC4/XkpupqD0WG8kirxkyG_OYYt4sw4Ti6BxwCEw/s1600/20170110_214552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fllst3EBp_A/WHXIRnB9w-I/AAAAAAAALC4/XkpupqD0WG8kirxkyG_OYYt4sw4Ti6BxwCEw/s640/20170110_214552.jpg" width="360"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Disinherited Generations, Page 40</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div>
<br>
<b>SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE</b><style type="text/css">
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545}
p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545; min-height: 14.0px}
span.s1 {font: 12.0px 'Euphemia UCAS'}
</style></div>
<div>
<b><br></b></div>
<div>
<b>I WILL STAND WITH THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN FAIRNESS! I am humbled to stand with you, Eric Shirt, Valerie Steinhauer, and Greg Cardinal and all our relations and friends. We walk in a good way!</b></div>
<div>
<b><br></b></div>
<div>
<b>Additional Resources for Review:</b></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li><b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5DALm7t1qmmVW8tb2otVFZzaDQ2cDBVQWlpSU5zaFdnaENr/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Request for Resolution</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5DALm7t1qmmSG9oRVZFNVlyV2s/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Restoring Harmony News Brief</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/315771536/Restoring-Harmony-SLCN-Election-Press-Release-June-15-2016-pdf" target="_blank">Restoring Harmony in Saddle Lake Cree Nation, Press Release</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/IndianActisTribalCustoms/" target="_blank">Facebook Page: Colonial Indian ACT Redressed Tribal Customs</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5DALm7t1qmmdFJlcGUwTS1ud00/view" target="_blank">Saddle Lake Cree Nation Election 2016 Federal Judicial Review</a></b></li>
</ul>
<div>
<i><b>Descendent of Treaty No. 6 Signatory Chief Pakan, Big Louis, Jonas Cardinal and so forth…wâpimahihkan</b></i></div>
</div>
Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-4837897394557739952016-12-16T01:38:00.003-07:002017-03-18T14:47:09.753-06:00ᓂᐱᒧᐦᑌᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᒪ: ᐁᓄᐦᑌᓂᐦᑕᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᔭᐣ<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;">ᓂᐱᒧᐦᑌᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᒪ: ᐁᓄᐦᑌᓂᐦᑕᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᔭᐣ</span></h2>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<b>nipimohtewin ōma: enohtenihtanehiyaweyān</b></h3>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Translation: This is my journey: I want to be a fluent Cree speaker</i></span></div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>ᑕᓂᓯ ᓂᑐᑌᒥᑎᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᐊᐧᐦᑯᒪᑲᓂᑎᐠ </b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>ᐊᐧᐱᒪᐦᐃᐦᑲᐣ ᓂᓀᐦᐃᔭᐃᐧᐃᐧᐦᐅᐃᐧᐣ</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>ᐅᓂᐦᒋᑭᐢᑲᐧᐳᐃᐧᓂᐦᐠ ᐊᓱᑕᒧᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᑯᑕᐧᓯᐠ ᐅᐦᒋ ᓂᔭ</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>ᓂᓂᑭᐦᑲᐧᐠ Jerry Houle ᐁᑲᐧ Alma Marten ᐁᑲᐧ ᐁᑯᓯ ᒥᓇ Rose Houle ᐁᓯᐦᑲᓱᒋᐠ </b> </div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
tan'si nitōtem'tik ekwa niwāhkōmākan'tik</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
wāpimahihkan ninehiyaw'wīhowin</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
onihcikiskwapowinihk asotamowin nikotwāsik ohci niya</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
ninīkihkwak Jerry Houle ekwa Alma Marten ekwa ekosi mina Rose Houle esihkasōcik</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hello, greetings my friends and all my relations</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">my Cree name is White Wolf</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I come from Saddle Lake Cree Nation on Treaty No. 6 Territory</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">My parents are Jerry Houle & Alma Marten & also Rose Houle, are their names</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
My assimilated name is Shannon Houle and my Indian Concentration Camp Label is #4620-2730-01</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Translation: my non nehiyaw spirit name is Shannon Houle & my Indian Reservation Indian Act No is 4620: Reserve ID - 2730: My Genocidal Number - 01: My birth placement in my family)</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;">⇼</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">
What is Language Revitalization and where does it start? </span></h2>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">These are questions I've been asked to answer within my <b><a href="http://www.bluequills.ca/master-of-arts/" target="_blank">IYIS 560 Leadership & Implementation for Language Revitalization</a></b> course at the <b><a href="http://www.bluequills.ca/" target="_blank">University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills</a>. <span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></b></span><br />
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e0QFgSY92-4/WFO4oqc9cJI/AAAAAAAAKUU/KtTuvv1H9cQcj6rFxAgG6Jthp4uohFRwwCEw/s1600/Education%2BIs%2BOur%2BRight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e0QFgSY92-4/WFO4oqc9cJI/AAAAAAAAKUU/KtTuvv1H9cQcj6rFxAgG6Jthp4uohFRwwCEw/s400/Education%2BIs%2BOur%2BRight.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d3dWoX9RRJQ/WFO4oV6i5pI/AAAAAAAAKUU/eWhMPy5qXaomVaaRvmOyThbeQDgjE_BpwCEw/s1600/131203-TorontoFNEADemo-CO-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d3dWoX9RRJQ/WFO4oV6i5pI/AAAAAAAAKUU/eWhMPy5qXaomVaaRvmOyThbeQDgjE_BpwCEw/s400/131203-TorontoFNEADemo-CO-02.jpg" width="371" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>However, the answers are not supposed to come from out there, the answers are supposed to come from within!</i></b></span></div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b><br />
</b></div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
As I reflected on these questions, what kept crossing my mind as the answer over and over again throughout this course was, <b><i>"this journey of language revitalization started even before me, before I was born, it started with my grandparents and relations, even started with my relation Chief Pakan, treaty signatory at the making of Treaty No. 6 1876...it started in my blood long before my own heart beat began to beat within my mother's womb"</i></b>...it was the only valid answer I could come up with! </div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
I was born in the fall of 1969. This was a year so many in the world will remember as the year the first man walked on the moon or the year of Woodstock (hahaha) but for my relations, my people, the nehiyawak & Dené Suline, this was the year Blue Quills Indian Residential School would finally close and the genocide of our people would stop, so we thought!</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
Late Stanley Redcrow was employed there at this time and his words when interviewed about the closure: </div>
</div>
</div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>"In 1967 we had a district white school committee meeting at Lac La Biche which is about 70 miles north from here. At that time the Superintendent of Schools was Danny Daniels, he told us that Indian schools were going to be phased out." - Stanley Redcrow 1972</i></div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
This was also the same year Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau would announce the famous "White Paper": <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_White_Paper#frbanner3" target="_blank">Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy 1969</a> to abolish the Indian Act and the Indian Chiefs of Alberta would later release the more famous extensive read <a href="https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/aps/article/view/11690/8926" target="_blank">"Red Paper" Citizens Plus</a>, to counteract and stop it the following year.</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
So much was happening the year I was born, the state of Canada also passed the <a href="http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/official-languages-act-1969/" target="_blank">1969 Language Act</a> to make English and French the Official Languages in Canada but the original Indigenous Languages were still being attacked and forbidden...assimilation was still happening...the so called "Indian Problem" was still a problem, according to Canada; hence the White Paper.</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
This is the era I was born into & a journey laid out for me to take on, a responsibility I would carry for my ancestors into the future...it is my journey, it's my ancestor's journey, it's my future generation's journey...</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
I grew up with the stories of the closure of Blue Quills Indian Residential School and the long sit in of our people to reclaim the RIGHT TO EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN AGAIN, OUR WAY. I grew up hearing the stories of my late capan (great grandfather) Jonas Cardinal standing on the steps of the BQ school, as others were losing hope, and helping them find that hope again...</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>"In a story about Mr. Jonas Cardinal, Mike Steinhauer reflects back to the time when this </i></div>
</div>
<i><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NyaASTAuoNg/WFO4o6rUyJI/AAAAAAAAKUU/U1hZ4PVLDdEAUHRbLRefjd--b-Q6j5xvQCEw/s1600/Jonas%2BCardinal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NyaASTAuoNg/WFO4o6rUyJI/AAAAAAAAKUU/U1hZ4PVLDdEAUHRbLRefjd--b-Q6j5xvQCEw/s200/Jonas%2BCardinal.jpg" width="110" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Capan Late Jonas Cardinal</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</i><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i><i>notable Elder of Saddle Lake arrived at Blue Quills to assess the situation for himself. There was friction and controversy about the take-over growing from within the assembly that stemmed from some people’s fears of failure. In a heart moving address delivered at the sit-in when protestors were being harassed by internal dissenters, Mr. Cardinal captured the attention of all present when he asked these jarring questions. “In the past 40 years, since the department has had control over our schooling, how many of us completed grade 12? If you have stand up.” No one stood up. He went on to enquire, “How many of us completed grade 8? Let’s stand up!” One person sheepishly arose from his chair. “How many of us completed grade 6?” A handful of people stood up. Then he said, “Look around. We can’t do any worse by taking over this school! We need graduates who will return to our reserves to teach our people so that we can become strong as nations.” His speech made a resonating impact which caused the people in the room to unite and stand together to assert their responsibility to determine the educational destinies of their own children and grandchildren.</i> </i></div>
</div>
<i> </i></blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>After 21 days of the sit-in, a telegram was received from Minister Jean Chretien for representatives to meet with him on Parliament Hill..." - BQ Commemoration Edition, Pg 3</i></div>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
As I write this, a memory crosses my mind, and it's of my late capan Jonas holding me on his lap, I am not even 6 months, but I see him looking down at me talking to others and he is bouncing me, even then, I'm listening and learning...all I know was that feeling of safety, comfort, and pride as I remember and even after he passed away shortly after & the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP16CH2PA3LE.html" target="_blank">opening of the school in 1971</a>, his daughter <a href="http://www.sicc.sk.ca/archive/saskindian/a72feb08.htm" target="_blank">Mrs. Roseanna Houle</a> (nohkom - my late grandmother) became one of the first Cree Teachers of the <b><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/first-nations-transform-residential-school-into-blue-quills-college-1.2586161" target="_blank">first Indian owned and operated school in Canada</a></b> - Blue Quills Schools as Mr. Stanley Redcrow further discusses in an interview about implementing the Cree Language:</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i><b>"Sask. Indian:</b> Did you make any changes as far as the curriculum went and the teaching of Indian Culture?</i></div>
</div>
<i></i><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i><i><b>Mr. Redcrow:</b> Yes we made a lot of changes. There was no Indian language taught at this school. Right away I told the people to start teaching the cree language, reading and writing and also different ways of doing things to improve the Indian situation that is say, making moccasins, and bead work and all kinds of things like that. They are doing that now and the children are very happy.</i></i></div>
</div>
<i> <b></b></i> <br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i><b><i><b>Sask. Indian:</b> I understand you have a cree teacher here, Mrs. Roseanna Houle, from nearby Saddle Lake Reserve. Perhaps you can tell us a little bit about her class and how she teaches the children.</i></b></i></div>
</div>
<i><b> </b> <b></b></i><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i><b><i><b>Mr. Redcrow:</b> She started with the alphabets and it took her a little while before she could make the kids understand..."</i></b></i></div>
</div>
<i><b> </b></i></blockquote>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
She taught the Syllabics and through this she taught the language but also shared the stories behind the language...about who we are and were we come from. </div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
nohkompan (late grandmother) taught at Blue Quills from 1971 - 1979 until she passed away. In all those years teaching at the school, she would never tire of teaching nehiyawewin. After a long day at school teaching my relations and others, she would come home to us, osisimak (her grandchildren) and teach us as she beaded, made moccasins, or cooked bannock. She would tell us prophesies past and to be, she would tell us of Creation for all, of how we come from the land, we are the land...all this she would tell us in nehiyawewin (Cree language), including the journey of our people to reclaim their rights in teaching us, their future!</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K4sNCvOBSFw/T8bagloJrdI/AAAAAAAAAVg/IMNmJnjzt8M/s640/nohkom+Roseanna+Houle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K4sNCvOBSFw/T8bagloJrdI/AAAAAAAAAVg/IMNmJnjzt8M/s640/nohkom+Roseanna+Houle.jpg" width="476" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: start;"><a href="http://shannonhoule.blogspot.ca/2012/05/dedication-to-nohkom-roseanna-houle.html" style="text-align: start;">http://shannonhoule.blogspot.ca/2012/05/dedication-to-nohkom-roseanna-houle.html</a><br /><br />"You only have to look at a child and you will find something to love in that child, even if at first you think the child a rascal. The children know what you think of them. From there on, you teach from the heart and that is the only way to teach"</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
After 1979, language loss would become a reality for me, after the loss of nohkom because after that, no one spoke to me in nehiyawewin. I asked my dad years later why he never taught me, he said because he didn't want me to have a hard time in the world but he was coming from years of second generation Indian Residential School indoctrination and trauma. He didn't know and my mother only spoke english but understood some nehiyawewin and Dené Suline. As time passed, my language identity would be put to sleep and in a bad long dream.</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y6Ek8VxDwGU/WM2cgywiuII/AAAAAAAALyM/bxb5bAiMfjwaKbM7Rg-e50oaTWlMiK5bQCLcB/s1600/1976%2Bcentential%2Btreaty%2Bme%2Bw%2Bnohkom%2Bcopy%2B2%2Bshadow.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="365" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y6Ek8VxDwGU/WM2cgywiuII/AAAAAAAALyM/bxb5bAiMfjwaKbM7Rg-e50oaTWlMiK5bQCLcB/s400/1976%2Bcentential%2Btreaty%2Bme%2Bw%2Bnohkom%2Bcopy%2B2%2Bshadow.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Celebrating 1876 Treaty No. 6</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
It wasn't until, I had overcame years of addictions, all types of abuses at the age of 19 years, did I start to remember nohkompan Roseanna's teachings, it was when I started to remember her telling me to <b><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">be proud of being who I am, where I come from, a strong and proud people</span></b>, did I start to reclaim our language and it was reawakened through our nehiyawe ceremonial ways... through daily morning smudges, prayer, and hearing the drum is when I really woke...hearing Mother Earth's heartbeat!</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
This was when my journey that started on a clean clear path with nohkom teaching us, then ended up in the trenches of the side ditches in darkness during my addictions, and as I walked out of onto the path again in my healing, I would reclaim my ancestral responsibilities...</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
This time, I had a 3 year old child in tow but my mind, my spirit, my heart, and my body were clean enough to embrace them all again, the plans laid out for me long before I was born.</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
Over the next course of 28 years of living, learning, searching for my identity, I would eventually finish a teaching degree from the University of Alberta: <a href="http://www.atep.ualberta.ca/" target="_blank">Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP)</a>, specializing in Indigenous Education Implementation, meaning I would learn how to use our Indigenous Teachings and implement in the school curriculum. Again, I hoped to revitalize our language and culture...decolonize! However, I would find this wasn't enough!</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y7sScJuPAns/WFO4orMvEzI/AAAAAAAAKUU/MDoJ84tsW_0TPkIxfhsT0Yv8TXgI-ZwEwCEw/s1600/9225526.bin.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y7sScJuPAns/WFO4orMvEzI/AAAAAAAAKUU/MDoJ84tsW_0TPkIxfhsT0Yv8TXgI-ZwEwCEw/s200/9225526.bin.jpeg" width="200" /></a>During my first year of teaching at an on reserve school, the <a href="http://www.idlenomore.ca/" target="_blank">Idle No More Movement</a> began November 10th, 2012, and I attended their first Alberta Teach In on December 2, 2012 with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKJ4mW5urgU" target="_blank">Sylvia McAdam</a> (co-founder), <a href="http://www.pampalmater.com/pam-palmater-at-idle-no-more-teach-in-alberta-part-1/" target="_blank">Pam Palmater</a>, Janice Makokis, and Tanya Kappo. It was only out of curiosity that I attended and again, my spirit was awakened...this time with a fierce drive that would waken not only my spirit but the blood of my ancestors that flowed through my whole being...</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
This is where that spark in my blood would become a huge flame of protecting and defending our </div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
language and culture, who we are as Indigenous peoples... I would launch the original Idle No More website (now there is a team of volunteers) to assist in protecting our people, the land, the water and all from Canada's extermination of our people through policies, laws, legislations etc...</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
At the time, I was teaching and the school, I was employed, fully supported by campaign to assist Idle No More and my grade 4 students were fully involved, they learned about the Making of Treaty No. 6, the Indian Residential Schools, and I also tried my best, even though I wasn't fluent, to use syllabics in all I did...my students had to write the date in syllabics daily etc..and we practiced broken Cree hahaha</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v1FS-v09Df8/WFO6nwyPDfI/AAAAAAAAKUc/8e-e9_j_sKEHbADCsYF7NdkCck6UfwOHwCLcB/s1600/Elected.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v1FS-v09Df8/WFO6nwyPDfI/AAAAAAAAKUc/8e-e9_j_sKEHbADCsYF7NdkCck6UfwOHwCLcB/s200/Elected.png" width="100" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
As much as I was helping bring back the language in the classroom, Idle No More opened the doors for me to try to make more change. In 2013, I was approached to run for council and as I put my faith in the Creator, I decided to run for Chief and Council on my reserve because I wanted to get in those rooms that make change. I knew rallies, walks, protests, etc..were helping make change but change also had to happen in those doors the politicians were in, Federally and Provincially. I ran and I was <a href="http://www.spjournal.com/Saddle-Lake-to-welcome-new-chief-and-council-20130618" target="_blank">elected as a Band Councillor </a>for a three (3) year term from June 2013 - June 2016.</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
This was also a time when Indigenous Education was under attack again and the Federal Government accepted a bill by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada call Bill C-33 that would infringe on our rights towards Language Self Determination and Sovereignty. This bill was one of many bills Idle No More would identify as part of the <a href="http://www.idlenomore.ca/harper_launches_major_first_nations_termination_plan_as_negotiating_tables_legitimize_canada_s_colonialism" target="_blank">Harper Gov'ts Termination Policy</a> and once again, many Chiefs, Indigenous Peoples stood against it, especially the people within Treaty No. 6 Territory by fighting to previously approvednAlberta Education memorandum of Understanding . More rallies and protests erupted again to protect the future of our children and the right to continue educating our children, our way:</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">
October 7, 2013 Idle No More National Day of Action:</h3>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b>Idle No More Event Page:</b> <a href="http://www.idlenomore.ca/smhoule/idle_no_more_educating_our_children_our_way_turtle_lodge_treaty_treaty_6" style="font-family: inherit;">IDLE NO MORE: EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN OUR WAY ~ TURTLE LODGE TREATY & TREATY # 6</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b>Facebook Event Page:</b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1384026608500274/?ref=1&action_history=%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22permalink%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22surface%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D" style="font-family: inherit;">IDLE NO MORE: Educating Our Children Our Way ~ Turtle Lodge Treaty & Treaty # 6</a></li>
</ul>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5Xu8MPlXD9I/WFPIdN62KkI/AAAAAAAAKU0/0g6nL7dv7GYCNifCxFQqNASiw5p_K8KLACLcB/s1600/FNEA.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5Xu8MPlXD9I/WFPIdN62KkI/AAAAAAAAKU0/0g6nL7dv7GYCNifCxFQqNASiw5p_K8KLACLcB/s640/FNEA.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Burning the Bill C-33 FNEA, AB Education MOU & Rising up Treaty No. 6<br />
<br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe frameborder="0" height="392" scrolling="no" src="http://www.ustream.tv/embed/recorded/39628203?v=3&wmode=direct" style="border: 0px none transparent;" width="480"> &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;</iframe><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.ustream.tv/" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;" target="_blank">Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream</a></div>
</div>
<div>
<div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM/posts/10154292585168512" data-show-text="true" data-width="500">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
As time went by we stood strong and as it looked like the <a href="http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/content/lop/legislativesummaries/41/2/c33-e.pdf" target="_blank">Bill C-33 First Nations Education Act</a> was going through parliament, it passed second reading but we still fought it nationally and even at home by continually rejecting the <a href="http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/DAM/DAM-INTER-HQ/WORKAREA/DAM/texte-text/edu_ep_al_1313770437853_eng.pdf" target="_blank">Alberta Education Memorandum of Understanding</a>. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Then a surprise announcement from the Prime Minister's office, Steven Harper, AFN National Chief Shawn Atleo, and INAC Minister Valcourt was going to happen in Kainai Nation on Treaty No. 7 Territory. Chiefs, the people, were all in the dark, February 7, 2014 and I had been an elected band councillor for 8 months.</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
I was then assigned to attend, on behalf of our nation of onihcikiskwapowin (Saddle Lake Cree Nation) as proxy Chief. Here is my account of the event:</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #d52a33; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://shannonhoule.blogspot.ca/2014/02/shannon-houle-personal-reaction-of.html" target="_blank">Shannon Houle: Personal Reaction of First Nations Education Announcement</a></h3>
<div class="post-header" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
<div class="post-header-line-1">
</div>
</div>
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5696522770699851392" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 752.216px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
Personal Reaction by Shannon Houle to Feb 7 2014 Harper Speech on First Nations Education</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
"My heart and my mind said I needed to speak up for our future generations"</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
This is only my personal reflection from my perspective of my experience while attending the event as Chief proxy for Saddle Lake Cree Nation.</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
I felt it important to record this as a personal journal or record.</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
Recorded: February 9, 2014</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5696522770699851392" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 752.216px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yIcMqf3I8o8" width="640"></iframe><br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1rVZv795mEQ" width="560"></iframe><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Shortly after the announcement, AFN National Chief Shawn Atleo resigned, Idle No More grassroots people started the Blue Dot Campaign, & on May 2014, the AFN Chiefs reject the bill and Ottawa is forced to kill the education bill but is it really dead?</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<h2 class="date-header" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: left top; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-top: 0px solid rgb(170, 177, 35); bottom: 100%; color: #908d6a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px -15px 1px; min-height: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static; right: 15px;">
<span style="border-left: 0px solid rgb(170, 177, 35); border-right: 0px solid rgb(170, 177, 35); display: block; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 0.5em 15px; text-align: left;">Sunday, March 27, 2016</span></h2>
<div class="date-posts" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(170, 177, 35); clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 8px 0px 0px;">
<div class="post-outer" style="border-top: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">
<div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="min-height: 0px; position: relative;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="8676379315357649777"></a><br /></div>
</div>
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="color: #d52a33; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left;">
<a href="http://shannonhoule.blogspot.ca/2016/03/two-years-later-and-bill-c-33-fncfnea.html" target="_blank">Two Years Later and BILL C-33 FNCFNEA is not law</a></h3>
<div class="post-header" style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
<div class="post-header-line-1">
</div>
</div>
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8676379315357649777" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 752.216px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It has been two years later and out of all the bills the Conservative pushed through at a historically fast rate, some illegally like C-27 First Nations Financial Transparency Act and more, the First Nations Control of First Nation Education Act Bill C-33 is still the only bill that did not receive Royal Assent from the Crown's state of Canada.</span></div>
</div>
<div style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
However, even though it was put on "hold" in parliament it is still not removed. "Be Aware and Beware"...as former Conservatives said, "we will work with willing partners..." - translation: we will do divide and conquer and get the First Nations to break treaty by entering into other agreement without ever honouring those Internationally Recognized Sovereign to Sovereign Treaties made with the Crown and the Indigenous Nations!</div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>"BE AWARE & BEWARE! ...<a href="http://shannonhoule.blogspot.ca/2016/03/two-years-later-and-bill-c-33-fncfnea.html" target="_blank">READ MORE</a></b></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
We need to be diligent and careful because this month, Canada's newest Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the son of late PM Pierre Trudeau, who introduced the 1969 White Paper, just announced a <b><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/betty-harnum-indigenous-languages-act-1.3897121" target="_blank">proposed Indigenous Language Act.</a></b>..is this a repeat and regurgitation of Bill C-33 or will this be a real Language Act with Indigenous Self Determination & Sovereignty???</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>At the end of the day, leaders and the people need to maintain protecting and defending who we are and our language is KEY, it is key to who we are, the laws, our education system, our justice, our social structures, all who we are is embedded in our language.</i></span></b></div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
Even though, I was one (1) speck <b style="font-family: sans-serif;"><i>with so many others,</i></b> in the whole story of defending, protecting, and journeying to maintain the right to revitalize our language, <b><i>I also REMEMBERED, it had to start with me like I stated in the beginning...</i></b></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b><i><br />
</i></b> </div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b style="font-size: x-large;"><i>*****</i></b></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ydj08tf_Org/WFO4h49wZVI/AAAAAAAAKTY/t1n9-x5MbzIn6sf0QoY51ViEZK6IXWWyQCLcB/s1600/Novalee%2B%2526%2BSweetgrass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ydj08tf_Org/WFO4h49wZVI/AAAAAAAAKTY/t1n9-x5MbzIn6sf0QoY51ViEZK6IXWWyQCLcB/s200/Novalee%2B%2526%2BSweetgrass.jpg" width="110" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> ... the answers are not supposed to come from out there, the answers are supposed to come from within!</i></b></span></div>
</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b><br />
</b></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
...<i style="font-weight: bold;">"this journey of language revitalization started even before me, before I was born, it started with my grandparents and relations, even started with my relation Chief Pakan, treaty signatory at the making of Treaty No. 6 1876...it started in my blood long before my own heart beat began to beat within my mother's womb"</i>...</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b style="font-size: x-large;"><i>*****</i></b></div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b><i><br />
</i></b></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
This is why I returned to the place my ancestors fought so hard to reclaim the right to educate their future, our way...therefore, I am back in school, at UNBQ learning and honing my skills to continue protecting and revitalizing nehiyawewin as a Language Learner and Master's student in Indigenous Languages.</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="509" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FshannonmhouleINM%2Fposts%2F10154289240993512&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div aria-label="Comment" class="UFIRow UFIComment _4oep" data-ft="{"tn":"R0"}" role="article" style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "San Francisco", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.24px; margin: 0px 12px; padding: 4px 0px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">
<div class="_3b-9" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;">
<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="clearfix" direction="left" style="font-family: inherit; zoom: 1;">
<div class="" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="UFIImageBlockContent _42ef clearfix" direction="right" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 8px; zoom: 1;">
<div class="" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="UFICommentContentBlock" style="font-family: inherit; padding-right: 12px; position: relative;">
<div class="UFICommentContent" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a aria-controls="js_eoi" aria-describedby="js_eoj" aria-haspopup="true" class=" UFICommentActorName" data-ft="{"tn":";"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=100003100889793&extragetparams=%7B%22is_public%22%3Afalse%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi_admin%22%7D" dir="ltr" href="https://www.facebook.com/dianne.browngreen?fref=ufi" id="js_eok" role="null" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dianne Brown-Green</a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="UFICommentBody" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Must feel strange</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="fsm fwn fcg UFICommentActions" style="clear: both; color: #90949c; font-family: inherit; padding-top: 2px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<a class="UFILikeLink" data-ft="{"tn":">"}" data-testid="ufi_comment_like_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM#" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" title="Like this comment">Like</a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><a class="UFIReplyLink" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM#" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Reply</a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="uiLinkSubtle" data-ft="{"tn":"N"}" data-testid="ufi_comment_timestamp" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM/posts/10154289240993512?comment_id=10154290473278512&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R0%22%7D" style="color: #90949c; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">17 hrs</a></span></div>
</div>
</div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a aria-label="Remove or embed this" class="UFICommentCloseButton" data-testid="ufi_comment_close_button" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM#" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: inherit; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-decoration: none; top: 0px; z-index: 1;"><i alt="" aria-label="Remove or embed this" class="img sp__x37mwuijLQ_2x sx_8988cb" data-hover="tooltip" data-tooltip-content="Remove or embed this" style="background-image: url("/rsrc.php/v3/y6/r/AEYGeGMsNdh.png"); background-position: 0px -130px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 97px 188px; display: inline-block; height: 16px; width: 16px;"></i></a></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div aria-label="Comment" class="UFIRow UFILastComment UFIComment _4oep" data-ft="{"tn":"R"}" role="article" style="background-color: #f6f7f9; margin: 0px 12px; padding: 4px 0px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">
<div class="_3b-9" style="position: relative;">
<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="clearfix" direction="left" style="zoom: 1;">
<div class="_ohe lfloat" style="color: #1d2129; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.24px;">
<a aria-hidden="true" class="img _8o _8s UFIImageBlockImage" data-ft="{"tn":"T"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=557048511&extragetparams=%7B%22on_public_ufi%22%3Afalse%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="-1"><img alt="Shannon M Houle" class="img UFIActorImage _54ru img" src="https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/p64x64/15350733_10154276489763512_6569728511564054520_n.jpg?oh=dde6216225d21aaa6f53312410179384&oe=58EA0BF6" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 32px; text-align: left; width: 32px;" /></a></div>
<div class="" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="UFIImageBlockContent _42ef clearfix" direction="right" style="margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 8px; zoom: 1;">
<div class="_ohf rfloat" style="color: #1d2129; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.24px;">
<button class="UFICommentCloseButtonFake _50zy _50-0 _50z- _5upp _42ft" style="background-image: url("/rsrc.php/v3/yG/r/1t2hoOfaqoR.png"); background-position: -403px -275px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 500px 310px; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px !important; height: 12px; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; visibility: hidden; white-space: nowrap; width: 12px;" tabindex="-1" title="Remove" type="button"><span class="_4qba" data-intl-translation="Remove" data-intl-trid=""></span></button></div>
<div class="" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="UFICommentContentBlock" style="padding-right: 12px; position: relative;">
<div class="UFICommentContent" style="font-family: inherit;">
<br />
<div style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.24px; text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.24px;"><a class=" UFICommentActorName" data-ft="{"tn":";"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=557048511&extragetparams=%7B%22is_public%22%3Afalse%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi_admin%22%7D" dir="ltr" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Shannon M Houle</a></span><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Actually, it is hopeful because I draw on the strength of my grandparents and parents for being warriors and surviving the school so I can live. I was also born the same year it closed as a indian residential school and my family and many other family</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> stood up to reclaim the right to educate their children, this was the result. So after a long sit in protest & meeting with the Prime Minister, this became the 1st Indian owned and operated school in Canada. It has been decolonizing many of us for over 45 years now, longer than it was opened as an IRS...it is now a University. When you walk in it, the halls smell like sweetgrass or sage and many times during class you hear drumming, laughter, and many smiles as you walk the halls...my relations are here & we go to school with many non Indigenous ppl too.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
</div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span> <br />
<div style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.24px; text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.24px;">I have to succeed so my family's challenges & triumps have justice...</span></span></span></div>
</div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"> <span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.24px;"></span></span></span></span> <br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.24px;">Ya, that is the way I look at it, I draw on the strength of my relations and ancestors...even all those who lost their lives here, need justice, we are their future & we need to succeed...must honour them...we need to reclaim who we are, for them too - it's the 7 generation teachings </span><span class="_5mfr _47e3" style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.24px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;"><img aria-hidden="true" class="img" height="16" src="https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v6/fed/2/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /><span class="_7oe" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px; width: 0px;">❤</span></span><span class="_5mfr _47e3" style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.24px; line-height: 0; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle;"><img aria-hidden="true" class="img" height="16" src="https://www.facebook.com/images/emoji.php/v6/f88/2/16/1f496.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: -3px;" width="16" /><span class="_7oe" style="display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px; width: 0px;">💖</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.24px;">🖒</span></span></span></span></span></div>
</div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.24px;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.24px;">ninohtenistanehiyaweyân</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
</div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div class="fsm fwn fcg UFICommentActions" style="clear: both; color: #90949c; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.24px; padding-top: 2px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<a class="UFILikeLink" data-ft="{"tn":">"}" data-testid="ufi_comment_like_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM#" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" title="Like this comment">Like</a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><a class="UFIReplyLink" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM#" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Reply</a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><a ajaxify="/ajax/browser/dialog/likes?id=10154290519618512" aria-label="4 Likes" class="UFICommentLikeButton" data-hover="tooltip" data-tooltip-alignh="center" href="https://www.facebook.com/browse/likes?id=10154290519618512" id="js_ect" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; margin: -5px; padding: 2px 5px 4px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="UFICommentReactionIconContainer" style="bottom: -2px; font-family: inherit; padding-right: 3px; position: relative;"><i class="_3j7l _2p78 _9-y" style="background-image: url("/rsrc.php/v3/y8/r/8zXd1TYPU5L.png"); background-position: -56px -102px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 171px 129px; display: inline-block; height: 13px; width: 13px;"></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">4</span></a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="uiLinkSubtle" data-ft="{"tn":"N"}" data-testid="ufi_comment_timestamp" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM/posts/10154289240993512?comment_id=10154290519618512&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D" style="color: #90949c; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;"><abbr class="livetimestamp" data-shorten="true" data-utime="1481820284" style="border-bottom: none;" title="Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 9:44am"><span class="timestampContent" style="font-family: inherit;">16 hrs</span></abbr></a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><a ajaxify="/ajax/edits/browser/comment?comment_token=10154289240993512_10154290519618512" class="uiLinkSubtle" data-hover="tooltip" data-tooltip-content="Show edit history" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM#" id="js_eb3" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #90949c; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" title="Show edit history"><span class="_4qba" data-intl-translation="Edited" data-intl-trid="">Edited</span></a></span></div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.24px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a aria-label="Edit, delete or embed this" class="UFICommentCloseButton" data-testid="ufi_comment_close_button" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM#" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: inherit; opacity: 0; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-decoration: none; top: 0px; z-index: 1;"><i alt="" aria-label="Edit, delete or embed this" class="img sp__x37mwuijLQ_2x sx_8988cb" data-hover="tooltip" data-tooltip-content="Edit, delete or embed this" style="background-image: url("/rsrc.php/v3/y6/r/AEYGeGMsNdh.png"); background-position: 0px -130px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 97px 188px; display: inline-block; height: 16px; width: 16px;"></i></a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class=" UFIReplyList" style="background-color: #f6f7f9; color: #1d2129; font-family: "San Francisco", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: -0.24px; margin-top: -10px; padding: 8px 12px 6px 44px;">
<div aria-label="Comment reply" class="UFIRow _48ph _4204 UFIComment _4oep" data-ft="{"tn":"R2"}" role="article" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px solid rgb(221, 223, 226); border-top: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 12px 4px 8px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">
<div class="_3b-9" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;">
<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="clearfix" direction="left" style="font-family: inherit; zoom: 1;">
<div class="_ohe lfloat" style="float: left; font-family: inherit;">
<a aria-hidden="true" class="img _8o _8s UFIImageBlockImage" data-ft="{"tn":"T"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=100003100889793&extragetparams=%7B%22on_public_ufi%22%3Afalse%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/dianne.browngreen?fref=ufi" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="-1"><img alt="Dianne Brown-Green" class="img UFIActorImage _54ru img" src="https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/p48x48/14657515_1103028986477120_9079522354583024262_n.jpg?oh=66e73cdb32f40c2232e408cec8f351f0&oe=58B2036E" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 20px; text-align: left; width: 20px;" /></a></div>
<div class="" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="UFIImageBlockContent _42ef clearfix" direction="right" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 8px; zoom: 1;">
<div class="_ohf rfloat" style="float: right; font-family: inherit;">
<button class="UFICommentCloseButtonFake _50zy _50-0 _50z- _5upp _42ft" style="background-image: url("/rsrc.php/v3/yG/r/1t2hoOfaqoR.png"); background-position: -403px -275px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 500px 310px; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px !important; height: 12px; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; visibility: hidden; white-space: nowrap; width: 12px;" tabindex="-1" title="Remove" type="button"><span class="_4qba" data-intl-translation="Remove" data-intl-trid=""></span></button></div>
<div class="" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="UFICommentContentBlock" style="font-family: inherit; padding-right: 12px; position: relative;">
<div class="UFICommentContent" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; font-family: inherit;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class=" UFICommentActorName" data-ft="{"tn":";"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=100003100889793&extragetparams=%7B%22is_public%22%3Afalse%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi_admin%22%7D" dir="ltr" href="https://www.facebook.com/dianne.browngreen?fref=ufi" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dianne Brown-Green</a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="UFICommentBody" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are awesome , I'm sure the ones from the past are watching and perhaps proud of the positive things going on.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="fsm fwn fcg UFICommentActions" style="clear: both; color: #90949c; font-family: inherit; padding-top: 2px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<a class="UFILikeLink" data-ft="{"tn":"?"}" data-testid="ufi_reply_like_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM#" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" title="Unlike this comment">Unlike</a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><a class="UFIReplyLink" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM#" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Reply</a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><a ajaxify="/ajax/browser/dialog/likes?id=10154291083988512" aria-label="1 Like" class="UFICommentLikeButton UFICommentLikedButton" data-hover="tooltip" data-tooltip-alignh="center" href="https://www.facebook.com/browse/likes?id=10154291083988512" id="js_f2j" rel="dialog" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; margin: -5px; padding: 2px 5px 4px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="UFICommentReactionIconContainer" style="bottom: -2px; font-family: inherit; padding-right: 3px; position: relative;"><i class="_3j7l _2p78 _9-y" style="background-image: url("/rsrc.php/v3/y8/r/8zXd1TYPU5L.png"); background-position: -56px -102px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 171px 129px; display: inline-block; height: 13px; width: 13px;"></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">1</span></a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="uiLinkSubtle" data-ft="{"tn":"N"}" data-testid="ufi_comment_timestamp" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM/posts/10154289240993512?comment_id=10154290519618512&reply_comment_id=10154291083988512&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R2%22%7D" style="color: #90949c; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">13 hrs</a></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div aria-label="Comment reply" class="UFIRow UFILastComment UFIComment _4oep UFIPartialBorder" data-ft="{"tn":"R1"}" role="article" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 2px solid rgb(221, 223, 226); border-top: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 12px 0px -2px; padding: 0px 4px 4px 8px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;">
<div class="_3b-9" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;">
<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="clearfix" direction="left" style="font-family: inherit; zoom: 1;">
<div class="_ohe lfloat" style="float: left; font-family: inherit;">
<a aria-hidden="true" class="img _8o _8s UFIImageBlockImage" data-ft="{"tn":"T"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=557048511&extragetparams=%7B%22on_public_ufi%22%3Afalse%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM?fref=ufi" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: inherit; margin: 5px 0px 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="-1"><img alt="Shannon M Houle" class="img UFIActorImage _54ru img" src="https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/p48x48/15350733_10154276489763512_6569728511564054520_n.jpg?oh=2be1f0113008349ca68c1005c28c3c2d&oe=58EAA428" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: 20px; text-align: left; width: 20px;" /></a></div>
<div class="" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="UFIImageBlockContent _42ef clearfix" direction="right" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-left: 8px; zoom: 1;">
<div class="_ohf rfloat" style="float: right; font-family: inherit;">
<button class="UFICommentCloseButtonFake _50zy _50-0 _50z- _5upp _42ft" style="background-image: url("/rsrc.php/v3/yG/r/1t2hoOfaqoR.png"); background-position: -403px -275px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 500px 310px; border-color: initial; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0px !important; height: 12px; letter-spacing: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; visibility: hidden; white-space: nowrap; width: 12px;" tabindex="-1" title="Remove" type="button"><span class="_4qba" data-intl-translation="Remove" data-intl-trid=""></span></button></div>
<div class="" style="font-family: inherit;">
<div class="UFICommentContentBlock" style="font-family: inherit; padding-right: 12px; position: relative;">
<div class="UFICommentContent" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; font-family: inherit; padding-top: 4px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class=" UFICommentActorName" data-ft="{"tn":";"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=557048511&extragetparams=%7B%22is_public%22%3Afalse%2C%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi_admin%22%7D" dir="ltr" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM?fref=ufi" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Shannon M Houle</a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="UFICommentBody" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope so, I miss them</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="fsm fwn fcg UFICommentActions" style="clear: both; color: #90949c; font-family: inherit; padding-top: 2px;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<a class="UFILikeLink" data-ft="{"tn":">"}" data-testid="ufi_reply_like_link" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM#" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" title="Like this comment">Like</a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><a class="UFIReplyLink" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM#" role="button" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Reply</a><span aria-hidden="true" role="presentation" style="font-family: inherit;"> · </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="uiLinkSubtle" data-ft="{"tn":"N"}" data-testid="ufi_comment_timestamp" href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonmhouleINM/posts/10154289240993512?comment_id=10154290519618512&reply_comment_id=10154291086833512&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R1%22%7D" style="color: #90949c; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">13 hrs</a></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
UNBQ Language Concert...we are practicing and learning</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="400" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FshannonmhouleINM%2Fvideos%2F10154288191448512%2F&show_text=0&width=400" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="400"></iframe><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Future they talked about in 1969, is us...we need to continue this journey...resurgence of US ~ UNITY!</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/StU_O53N_i0" width="560"></iframe><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ᐁᓄᐦᑌᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᔭᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐁᓄᐦᑌᑭᐢᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐊᐧᑭᐠ ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ ᓂᑕᐊᐧᓯᒥᓴᐠ ᓄᓯᓯᒪᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓂᑕᓂᐢᑯᑕᐸᓇᐠ ᐸᐱᒪᑎᓯᔭᓂ</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">enohtenehiyaweyan ekwa enohtekiskinohamawakik nehiyawewin nitawasimisak nosisimak ekwa nitāniskotāpānak papimatisiyani</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>I want to learn to speak Cree and I want to teach my children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren if I am still in this world</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nRE1cPQ2u7s/WFO2wRnqmXI/AAAAAAAAKTM/RQfT3fUZDdsfLRNMKtFpemPBbVSi3bjwACLcB/s1600/14543678_265326380535241_2991175275591191007_o%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nRE1cPQ2u7s/WFO2wRnqmXI/AAAAAAAAKTM/RQfT3fUZDdsfLRNMKtFpemPBbVSi3bjwACLcB/s400/14543678_265326380535241_2991175275591191007_o%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>I do all this for them, nosisimak (my grandchildren) & the ones not born yet</b></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i><br />
</i></b> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;">ᓂᐱᒧᐦᑌᐃᐧᐣ ᐅᒪ</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">nipimohtewin ōma</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: left;">This is OUR journey... it's OUR ancestor's journey, it's OUR future generation's journey!</span></div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b><i>Ekosi Maka</i></b></div>
</div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x5X5hjPu5tY/WFO4p_l_JSI/AAAAAAAAKUU/b2OrdyGiUA8ZOpkw4owx53lrBOOfHwZmgCEw/s1600/resurgenceSLCN-Syllabics.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="491" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x5X5hjPu5tY/WFO4p_l_JSI/AAAAAAAAKUU/b2OrdyGiUA8ZOpkw4owx53lrBOOfHwZmgCEw/s640/resurgenceSLCN-Syllabics.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my hopes and dreams for my nation</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span><br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<b>Other Links:</b></div>
</div>
<br />
<ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.bluequills.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/BQ-30th-Anniversary-Book.pdf" target="_blank">1971-2001: Blue Quills 30th Anniversary Commemorative Edition</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://rabble.ca/toolkit/on-this-day/white-paper-1969" target="_blank">Rabble: The White Paper 1969</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.idlenomore.ca/" target="_blank">Idle No More:</a></li>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/timeline-idle-no-more/" target="_blank">CBC Timeline</a></li>
</ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100010189/1100100010191" target="_blank">INAC: 1969 White Paper</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="chrome-extension://gbkeegbaiigmenfmjfclcdgdpimamgkj/views/app.html" target="_blank">Red & White Paper 1969-1970</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP16CH2PA3LE.html" target="_blank">Native Awakening: Alberta Indians Occupy a rural residential school</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Previous Related Posts:</li>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://shannonhoule.blogspot.ca/2012/05/dedication-to-nohkom-roseanna-houle.html" target="_blank">Dedication to nohkom Roseanna Houle</a></li>
</ul>
<li style="text-align: left;">FNCFNEA Bill C-33: </li>
<ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://aptn.ca/news/2014/02/07/ottawa-afn-strike-historic-deal-education-bill-reserve-school-funding/" target="_blank">APTN News Feb 7th Announcement</a></li>
</ul>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://shannonhoule.blogspot.ca/2012/02/cree-teachings-cycle-of-life.html" target="_blank">Language Learning Conference</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://shannonhoule.blogspot.ca/2016/12/revitalize-language-NZ.html" target="_blank">Language Revitalization: A Fulfilling Journey of Unity Shared from New Zealand</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-87996077618776488762016-12-11T21:32:00.000-07:002016-12-16T11:07:09.686-07:00Language Revitalization: A Fulfilling Journey of Unity Shared from New Zealand<div style="color: #dc5922; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; letter-spacing: 0.3px;">NEW ZEALAND</span></h2>
</div>
<div style="color: #5c432b; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: center;">
<h3>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-kerning: none;">Guided Reflection</span></h3>
</div>
<div style="line-height: normal;">
<style type="text/css">
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}
p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 14.0px}
p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 36.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}
p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center; font: 12.0px Baskerville; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}
li.li1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Baskerville; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}
span.s1 {font-kerning: none}
span.s2 {text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none}
span.s3 {font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000}
span.s4 {font-kerning: none; color: #2b2b2b}
ul.ul1 {list-style-type: disc}
</style> <br />
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The day we travelled to the island of New Zealand, an 8 point earthquake was reported on the south island, two hours drive of Christchurch. This would start our journey, “Mother Earth would remind us she is still here”, stronger than ever. A statement one of the Māori woman would say to us on the ninth day we were visiting her school and a 5.7 recorded second earthquake would hit. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E4rRXJ5ycCM/WE4XO_BMK9I/AAAAAAAAKB4/eAIc99QWWf8od221qjSRUsZHmAlyFW6qQCLcB/s1600/20161113_122701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-E4rRXJ5ycCM/WE4XO_BMK9I/AAAAAAAAKB4/eAIc99QWWf8od221qjSRUsZHmAlyFW6qQCLcB/s320/20161113_122701.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My family sending me off with love</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</span></span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span> <span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">For fourteen days from November 13th to November 26th, 2016 we collaborated and shared with our Indigenous brothers and sisters of the Māori clans on the Island of New Zealand in the spirit of unity. This opportunity was to assist us, on Turtle Island, in furthering and strengthening our plans, strategies, and goals towards self and nationhood determination through the revitalization of language and culture. We attended the 7th Biennial International Indigenous Research Conference 2016 (IIRC) at the University of Auckland, hosted by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. After the conference, we flew to Christchurch in south New Zealand to tour four Māori schools, the Rāpaki Marae, a tribal marae of our host Rewi Couch; and one of eight tribes who own and operate the <a href="http://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/"><span class="s2"><b>NGĀI TAHU POUNAMU</b></span></a> Corporation. A corporation we would spent a day learning about and also end up being guests on their live radio show, <a href="http://tahufm.com/"><span class="s2"><b>TAHU FM</b></span></a>. We gained so much knowledge, guidance, enlightenment, and empowerment from our fourteen (14) day tour with the Māori Peoples of New Zealand. They are years ahead of us in language and cultural revitalization but they are so willing and open to share their knowledge, lessons, trial and tribulations towards success ~ their journey towards self determination through the blood of their ancestors and their “mana”, their chiefs, authority, leaders, these are their future generations, their <a href="http://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/3424"><span class="s2"><b>“mana” (noun)</b></span></a>.</span></span></div>
<div class="p2">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br />
</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d881A3Do0yM/WE4eQVd9hEI/AAAAAAAAKCc/IoVw0idzik8sGK9V3QVsVWN22a8-hbK6wCEw/s1600/20161117_220903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d881A3Do0yM/WE4eQVd9hEI/AAAAAAAAKCc/IoVw0idzik8sGK9V3QVsVWN22a8-hbK6wCEw/s320/20161117_220903.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hongi</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">When you meet a Māori person, they welcome you in a Powhiri ceremony into their space, their home, their people through song and ancestral mana. They will recite to you who they belong too, their ancestors (they all trace their descent from </span><a href="http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/issue/Mao40TeA/c5.html" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="s2"><b>Paikea</b></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">), their tribe, and which one of the seven canoes their ancestors arrived on from Hawaii so many hundreds of years ago, long before European settlers arrived. Then, they will welcome you individually through a significant gesture called the </span><a href="http://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?idiom=&phrase=&proverb=&loan=&histLoanWords=&keywords=hongi" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="s2">hongi</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">. During the Hongi, we touch forehead to forehead and noses together then breath in the breath of life, the first breath and we become part of their </span><a href="http://maoridictionary.co.nz/search?idiom=&phrase=&proverb=&loan=&histLoanWords=&keywords=whanau" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="s2">whanau</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, part of their extended family. </span></div>
</div>
<div class="p2">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y8iieTWMQ5k/WE4v9UbfkmI/AAAAAAAAKG0/hrQaVGdP_tEkGVmIOqzrF7SKRr9IQ3wWACKgB/s1600/20161116_161824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y8iieTWMQ5k/WE4v9UbfkmI/AAAAAAAAKG0/hrQaVGdP_tEkGVmIOqzrF7SKRr9IQ3wWACKgB/s320/20161116_161824.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A selfie while my professor doesn't notice</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br />
</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">There is so much to share and I’m not sure where to begin, this has been a dream of mine, to go to New Zealand as a student or teacher and this journey is another Bucket List achieved. I had heard for years of the excellent work the Māori peoples have been doing in relation to Language Nests and Immersion schools; however, my experience there, far exceeded my expectations. As a result, I would like to return, as a resident, to learn more from them and hopefully bring back the knowledge and implement some of their programs/initiatives and make them reality, here in Canada. I understand now what my professor and relation Marilyn Shirt had been trying to implement on our homelands, to make our language and culture our life again, the key to resurgence of Indigenous nation(s).</span></span></div>
<div class="p2">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<h3>
<span class="s1"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">7th Biennial International Indigenous Research Conference</span></b></span></h3>
</div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">From November 15-18th, 2016 we attended the IIR Conference in Auckland, NZ and staying in one of their maraes on campus. This alone was a great experience of unity and ᐊᐧᐦᑯᐦᑐᐃᐧᐣ wahkohtowin (kinship) as this was traditionally a place where the Māori stayed and many events are held. As we slept there, we slept among their ancestors on the walls. the carvings are their ancestors and many who are part of a marae can recite their ancestral history and connections as people. As we learned, each marae is unique and different depending on the tribe(s) the people derive from. We would later in the week, visit our host Rewi Couch’s tribal Marae outside of southern New Zealand’s city of Christchurch.</span></span><br />
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span> <span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="338" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FshannonmhouleINM%2Fposts%2F10154229803103512&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe></span></span></div>
<br />
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="502" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FshannonmhouleINM%2Fposts%2F10154229809723512&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br />
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span> <span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">During the conference there were many sessions and research on languages, language revitalization, social structures, effects or colonial influence and/or genocide, environmental effects and influences on the peoples and the world. Like us, Indigenous Peoples in Canada, they share the same teachings that we are the land; therefore affected by the changes to the ecosystems of Mother Earth. As was stated by the Keynote Speaker, Linda Tuhiwah Smith, during the opening event:</span></span></div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span class="s1" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>“We do research to save the planet, we do research to save the spirit of the Will, and we research to save ourselves. We deal with a world in academia that likes to measure, as a result, it affects us in Indigenous terms but can be challenging…we are up against a “system” that has so much rules that work against us. How do we decolonize from it? Indigenous Peoples are their own system but yet the most researched in the world, it’s like a sexual violation to a peoples. Break the rules of the game because we were never meant to win that colonial game, it was never set up for us to win! Disrupt the system! Politically we need to continue to break the rules and disrupt, when we affect change, collectively, we disrupt the system.”</b></i></span></blockquote>
</blockquote>
<div class="p1">
<br />
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="338" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fngapaeotemaramatanga%2Fphotos%2Fa.169723879772650.42969.128040530607652%2F1142525102492518%2F%3Ftype%3D3&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br />
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span> <span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">As I attended many of the sessions, other Indigenous Peoples internationally were also presenters and Keynote Speakers at the event including many from Turtle Island, including Australian Aborigines, Finland Sami, Philippines, Hawaii, and many others Indigenous Peoples that the Hosts were quoted in saying there were hundreds of tribes present. They were all collaborating and sharing their research. At times, I was not able to decide which sessions to attend, it was challenging and sometimes frustrating but a conference I would return too in a heartbeat. One of the key events I quite enjoyed was the announcement of the completion of their <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/333856815/The-M%C4%81ori-Report-for-T%C4%81maki-Makaurau-2016"><span class="s2"><b>Māori Report : for Tāmaki Makaurau 2016</b></span></a>. This report completed by the Independent Māori Statutory Board will assist and guide organizations, governments, businesses etc.. in the advancement of the Māori peoples from all areas of cultural identity to economic success etc..</span></span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span> <span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">As the report shows on pages 14-15, The 30 year Māori Plan for Tāmaki Makaurau is as follows:</span></span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">This Plan sets out Māori aspirations and actions for enabling full Māori participation and contribution to </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tāmaki Makaurau for the next 30 years.</span></div>
<div class="p2">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<h4>
<span class="s1"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Vision</span></b></span></h4>
</div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> The Plan sets out a 30-year aspirational vision which was developed with the contribution of Māori</span></span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">across Tāmaki Makaurau. Its vision is:</span></span></div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span class="s1" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Te Pai me te Whai Rawa o Tāmaki Māori – Healthy and Prosperous Tāmaki Māori.</i></span></blockquote>
<div class="p2">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"><i></i></span><br />
</span></div>
<div class="p1">
<h4>
<span class="s1"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Māori Values</span></b></span></h4>
</div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> Five core Māori values underpin the Plan. The values reflect Māori worldviews and practices and are</span></span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">intended to guide Tāmaki Makaurau policies and plans so that Māori might participate in Tāmaki Makaurau as Māori and in a way that is meaningful and constructive. The values are:</span></span></div>
<ul class="ul1">
<li class="li1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>Whanaungatanga</b> – relationships and connections;</span></span></li>
<li class="li1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>Rangatiratanga </b> – autonomy and leadership;</span></span></li>
<li class="li1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>Manaakitanga</b> –protection and caring;</span></span></li>
<li class="li1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>Wairuatanga</b> – spirituality and identity;</span></span></li>
<li class="li1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s4"><b>Kaitiakitanga </b></span><span class="s1"> – guardianship and the natural environment.</span></span></li>
</ul>
<div class="p1">
<h4>
<span class="s1"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Key Directions</span></b></span></h4>
</div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> The Plan’s Key Directions reflect the overarching goals or aspirations that Māori want for their own iwi,</span></span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">organisations, communities, and whānau. They are underpinned by the Māori values to ensure that</span></span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Māori worldviews are embedded and integral to the Plan. The Key directions are:</span></span></div>
<ul>
<li class="li1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1">Develop vibrant communities;</span></span></li>
<li class="li1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1">Enhance leadership and participation;</span></span></li>
<li class="li1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1">Improve quality of life;</span></span></li>
<li class="li1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1">Promote distinctive identity;</span></span></li>
<li class="li1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1">Ensure sustainable futures.</span></span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div -x-system-font:="" 12px="" 14px="" 6px="" ans-serif="" auto="" block="" display:="" font-family:="" font-size-adjust:="" font-size:="" font-stretch:="" font-style:="" font-variant:="" font-weight:="" helvetica="" line-height:="" margin:="" none="" normal="" rial="" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/333856815/The-M%C4%81ori-Report-for-T%C4%81maki-Makaurau-2016#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View The Māori Report for Tāmaki Makaurau 2016 on Scribd">The Māori Report for Tāmaki Makaurau 2016</a> by <a href="https://www.scribd.com/user/195528125/Shannon-M-Houle#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View Shannon M Houle's profile on Scribd">Shannon M Houle</a> on Scribd</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="0.7080062794348508" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_94443" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/333856815/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-cGCKiDiQn6R8eXgPeDnl&show_recommendations=true" width="100%"></iframe><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">As I listened to their announcement, it was clear this report is a strong document to guide not only the Māori but assist also the settler colonial government, as Māori language is now the official language in New Zealand and their cultural customs and ways of conduct are being adopted and implemented in New Zealand more each year on all levels from community, businesses, and government agencies.<br />
</span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Another highlight of the conference, was meeting famous Indigenous Defender and Protector <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeK3SkxrZRI"><span class="s2"><b>Tame ITi</b></span></a>. We watched his documentary, <b><a href="https://youtu.be/t9Zdd0epWpk"><span class="s2">“Price of Peace”</span></a> </b>and listened to him share his life story. It was such an honour to be in the same space with him, I became emotional and honoured to share in the hongi with him. He was very inspirational and his years of defending his people, their ways, and the environment. He also shared he has stood with our people on Turtle Island and shared with our people in ceremony like the sweat lodge etc.. Tame ITi has been a highly respected leader of the Maori peoples since the late 1960s and so one. As he shared his story, there were so many similar challenges with our relations here on our lands and still are.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ahlue70g0Tk/WE4eQVq0BMI/AAAAAAAAKCQ/OO5HwaegxQQqo-xoItGvqubDNOkpUbotwCEw/s1600/20161117_192502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ahlue70g0Tk/WE4eQVq0BMI/AAAAAAAAKCQ/OO5HwaegxQQqo-xoItGvqubDNOkpUbotwCEw/s320/20161117_192502.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dale Steinhauer, Tame Iti, and myself</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
He has been working to strengthen his people through their warrior teachings and actions and he was labelled a terrorist within the common law colonial legal system. As a result, he served two (2) years in jail and went on a journey of clearing his name and demonstrating true spirit and intent of reconciliation and mutual respect. The documentary is a must see! He is a person who lives through action the strong warrior spirit of his people guided by Creator’s Laws and not Man’s Laws.<br />
</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">On the final day of the conference, I was already very pleased and content with all I learned. What I experienced in that week was beyond my expectations and as we travelled onward to southern Christchurch, New Zealand; I would find out, the adventure would only get better. I was defiantly fulfilling a dream! I fell in love with the land and the people.<br />
<br />
</span><br />
<h3>
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Christchurch: Touring</span></b></h3>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="645" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FshannonmhouleINM%2Fposts%2F10154208515668512&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A6PLtDe9sGM/WE4nZN7fPQI/AAAAAAAAKD8/2CzP4X_v3J8dhTZuBD63kOjjrbN_HbVhQCLcB/s1600/20161119_102414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A6PLtDe9sGM/WE4nZN7fPQI/AAAAAAAAKD8/2CzP4X_v3J8dhTZuBD63kOjjrbN_HbVhQCLcB/s320/20161119_102414.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The settler Australians and New Zealanders</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-js3aw2DaaRI/WE4nZZtp0sI/AAAAAAAAKEA/IGkNWt9dInkvM_kVPrnKWbE_cN-LjF5DACLcB/s1600/20161119_105932.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-js3aw2DaaRI/WE4nZZtp0sI/AAAAAAAAKEA/IGkNWt9dInkvM_kVPrnKWbE_cN-LjF5DACLcB/s200/20161119_105932.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Only Serve Nice People</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The first few days were touring Christchurch, our home base was a quaint house along the beach overlooking the ocean. We spent time going to open markets, meeting locals, Indigenous and settlers. However, as I met people sitting in special coffee houses, I took the opportunity to chat with some settlers too and educate them on the colonial oppression etc.. and how it has affected Indigenous Peoples but how we are rising even stronger. At one point I was sitting talking with some New Zealand settler couple, and a Australian setter couple. It was especially pleasing to irritate a European Australian woman on the genocidal acts and mistreatment of Indigenous Peoples and she sarcastically stated that, “the Europeans have a lot to answer for”. As I responded with, “yes, they very well do”, with the agreement of the New Zealand couple. She then proceeded to inform us, she was of original European descent and I stood by my statement without any apologies. When she noticed I was not apologizing, she proceeded to vacate herself from our conversation and I continued to converse with the New Zealand settlers. We continued to share and enlighten each other and left each other pleased with good conversation and coffee.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <br />
</span><br />
<h3>
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Christchurch: Māori Schools</span></b></h3>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vzBRVJLmRqk/WE4twEroxaI/AAAAAAAAKF0/M110uqHL5DQYAKoRpMx57KHkkwa8C3uewCLcB/s1600/20161121_120334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vzBRVJLmRqk/WE4twEroxaI/AAAAAAAAKF0/M110uqHL5DQYAKoRpMx57KHkkwa8C3uewCLcB/s320/20161121_120334.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kevin's twin</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q8QX4ur0Ek0/WE4twh4cY2I/AAAAAAAAKGA/tX79Lv79oJ093YlwptnTalI8mXQIeh7VQCLcB/s1600/20161121_121410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q8QX4ur0Ek0/WE4twh4cY2I/AAAAAAAAKGA/tX79Lv79oJ093YlwptnTalI8mXQIeh7VQCLcB/s320/20161121_121410.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Resources in Māori</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">As the next week arrived we visited two full immersion schools from K-12, one newly opened bilingual school from K-12, and one adult immersion evening class program. It was a pleasure and honour to visit these schools and experience and witness the progress the Māori have completed since the resurgence of their peoples. The schools are now state funded after years of diligent state lobbying, enforcement of their Treaty, creation of a language act and making Māori the official language of New Zealand, it has opened the doors up for mandated funding. It must also be highlighted that anyone can learn Māori, up to three (3) years <b>FREE</b> due to the Māori official language legislation in New Zealand. Over the past forty years, the Māori Peoples have persevered and much ground breaking work was done voluntarily and in the spirit of saving a peoples from extinction. Their story rings similarly loud on the lands of our people too.</span></div>
<div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yPUP4CvnbNI/WE4twkdRT_I/AAAAAAAAKGE/z5y6SBb-9ZUwJcG4fRPa0aIMcUsNHrLQwCLcB/s1600/20161122_121456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yPUP4CvnbNI/WE4twkdRT_I/AAAAAAAAKGE/z5y6SBb-9ZUwJcG4fRPa0aIMcUsNHrLQwCLcB/s320/20161122_121456.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wholistic Education includes emotional, physical, spiritual</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Again, each school greeted us with their welcome ceremony as per Māori custom and we were welcomed as their extended families. Each of us went into different classrooms and toured also their resource centres, gardens, mareas, and one school also had a few daycare centres turned into Language Nests, where parents were present too learning Māori along with their children. As we toured the last school, <a href="http://www.whanau-tahi.school.nz/"><span class="s2"><b>Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o TE WHĀNAU TAHI</b></span></a> that week, I was hosted by a grade 8 male, a grade 9 female, and a grade 10 senior female. As they shared their school’s history, they too could recite their tribe, the canoe their people arrived on and the beginning of their school in a Māori woman’s garage, with the eventual opening of the present location met with settler protests ten years before. The grade 9 female only attended the immersion school for four years and I asked her, in relation to her experience at state schools, what her opinion was when comparing the schools. She stated the state schools were different but she loved her school now. I asked her what it was that she loved about it. She immediately responded, “because we are family here” and later I would hear the grade 10 young lady state her time is spent mostly in school activities because she loves it there. </span></div>
<div>
<div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QJTqFXKdj-o/WE4txFGXwoI/AAAAAAAAKGM/rjdryVXmToMAHalLY18VobsDIGjIL_L0wCLcB/s1600/20161122_135234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1rZu1PRtDe4/WE4twmrFB0I/AAAAAAAAKGI/_CmVaiXs37YQCTsXvavPv3Nn-pt3KtWuACLcB/s1600/20161122_113113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1rZu1PRtDe4/WE4twmrFB0I/AAAAAAAAKGI/_CmVaiXs37YQCTsXvavPv3Nn-pt3KtWuACLcB/s200/20161122_113113.jpg" width="112" /></a><img border="0" height="180" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QJTqFXKdj-o/WE4txFGXwoI/AAAAAAAAKGM/rjdryVXmToMAHalLY18VobsDIGjIL_L0wCLcB/s320/20161122_135234.jpg" width="320" /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">One thing was clear, the students were very proud to be Māori and very proud of their school, their culture (so eager to show me their songs and warrior dances), their history, and accomplishments. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zoOiVbyiUsg/WE4hOxhE2TI/AAAAAAAAKCo/KT2vqO1Xf-kR9DLDa30ITU9DyttzmU2yQCKgB/s1600/20161122_115504.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zoOiVbyiUsg/WE4hOxhE2TI/AAAAAAAAKCo/KT2vqO1Xf-kR9DLDa30ITU9DyttzmU2yQCKgB/s320/20161122_115504.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Children see themselves as strong & proud Māori Ancestors</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">They appreciated the trials and tribulations of all those who worked diligently to create the school for them and strengthen their peoples. This is what I witnessed and was strong in all the schools we visited. The schools did function as families, the older students interacting, supporting, and even guiding the younger ones. Role models at all ages and each school was at different levels of accessing technologies but still having to advocate for sufficient funding and keeping state control, at bay. One school was in an older state school and in the process of building a new school in line with their customs and culture. This would assist them in self determination and less on state intrusiveness.<br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the key points I want to make, before I move onto our next exploration, was how the <a href="http://rakaihautu.com/"><span class="s2"><b>Te Pā o Rākaihautū</b></span></a> school interviews teachers who support and believe in Māori immersion and/or bilingualism. This school does not do the customary colonial style of competitive, sell yourself type interview. They utilize Māori custom and a teacher must be recommended to the school by relative(s), and/or supporter(s) (can be former colleagues etc.). </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8PkC7w8XwoE/WE4m9zJgi3I/AAAAAAAAKDk/fUMiRLYJR3sOOfvWtcvqqeGhJ8e-_MHSACKgB/s1600/20161121_110539.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8PkC7w8XwoE/WE4m9zJgi3I/AAAAAAAAKDk/fUMiRLYJR3sOOfvWtcvqqeGhJ8e-_MHSACKgB/s320/20161121_110539.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Various age groups in same classroom</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YcwmvsBcio8/WE4m97SIj5I/AAAAAAAAKDk/riIDCcPxL3UcptaFr_eSGgLykEdtdS3_QCKgB/s1600/20161121_115430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YcwmvsBcio8/WE4m97SIj5I/AAAAAAAAKDk/riIDCcPxL3UcptaFr_eSGgLykEdtdS3_QCKgB/s200/20161121_115430.jpg" width="112" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Passing on the knowledge</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The candidate (potential teacher), arrives to the school with his/her supporters and they speak of the candidates character, their strengths, gifts, experience, and assets they would bring to the success of the school. As per Māori custom, it is customary to be humble and not praise yourself; therefore, it is those who know you, who speak on behalf of you to your true character and reputation. This helps them also ensure they hire teachers who support their school’s vision and are not their to hinder its’ progress and it supports Māori custom. When I heard this, I was very pleased and would love to see this custom reclaimed in our nehiyaw schools too, as this was our custom/protocol too before colonial influence. The remarkable outcome to this approach is the Principal stated, that the supporters are more honest than one would think and sometimes very honest, which forces the candidate to reflect on their true character and offer opportunity for improvement. Maybe this can be an excellent practice too, when evaluating teachers.<br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">This school also supported adult language education and housed evening weekly classes, and all New Zealanders (settlers), and Māori could learn the official language for Free.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JU_fVoIrQYs/WE4u9eueqYI/AAAAAAAAKGk/hdAC4TmrnwsY17Kr0MiNwE6eDi6DfGK3wCLcB/s1600/20161124_202944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JU_fVoIrQYs/WE4u9eueqYI/AAAAAAAAKGk/hdAC4TmrnwsY17Kr0MiNwE6eDi6DfGK3wCLcB/s200/20161124_202944.jpg" width="112" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feathered Korowai</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">With that said, I walked away from the schools with new relations and changed in my views, strengthened in my heart, and more hope for the future. It was a very fulfilling experience, and I look forward to returning. I do want to continue collaborating and sharing as the future looks promising. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">We ended our school tours, hosted by Dr. Melanie R. Riwai-Couch family eating, sharing, laughing, and song at their home. She is the principal at the last school we toured, <a href="http://www.whanau-tahi.school.nz/"><span class="s2"><b>Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o TE WHĀNAU TAHI</b></span></a>. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was a great evening eating traditional foods, cooked in a modern <a href="http://www.newzealand.com/int/feature/maori-hangi/"><span class="s2"><b>Māori Hangi</b></span></a> (Earth Oven), wearing a <a href="https://www.google.ca/search?q=traditional+feathered+maori+korowai&espv=2&biw=1061&bih=776&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-xPLtpu3QAhUEllQKHUx3AkgQsAQIGQ&dpr=2"><span class="s2"><b>feathered Māori Korowai cape</b></span></a>, and listening to Māori songs, and Kevin Lewis sharing with them a bit of our Creation Story and how the Spirit of Water was born and how the Rock Spirit is our conduit for our relationship with Kise manitow (Kise manitow).<br />
<br />
</span><br />
<h3>
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">South New Zealand Tribe: Rāpaki Marae</span></b></h3>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O3l0KrbMrZE/WE4iJMplnmI/AAAAAAAAKC4/BdmLE7u1H6ILvkIPbGpngknf99fbZEpcACKgB/s1600/20161121_165409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="104" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O3l0KrbMrZE/WE4iJMplnmI/AAAAAAAAKC4/BdmLE7u1H6ILvkIPbGpngknf99fbZEpcACKgB/s640/20161121_165409.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UHUW2pQzUWE/WE4iJHJZjmI/AAAAAAAAKC4/5NCtnvWCEnQZRIziBl1SQLSGpEXLOV3PgCKgB/s1600/20161121_154400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UHUW2pQzUWE/WE4iJHJZjmI/AAAAAAAAKC4/5NCtnvWCEnQZRIziBl1SQLSGpEXLOV3PgCKgB/s320/20161121_154400.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E_gdmfbPgyI/WE4iJLsj8aI/AAAAAAAAKC4/-kJ5wajqR14sHefcoY2ekqjl-eEF21rYgCKgB/s1600/20161121_165156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E_gdmfbPgyI/WE4iJLsj8aI/AAAAAAAAKC4/-kJ5wajqR14sHefcoY2ekqjl-eEF21rYgCKgB/s320/20161121_165156.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">During that week, we also spent a very educational afternoon, learning the history of our host Rewi Couch’s tribal Rāpaki Marae, the years of genealogical and historical research of the families of his tribe and the peoples’ choices in which ancestors would adorn the walls of their Marea. As we sat there for over three (3) hours learning all the ancestors on the totems, I was in amazement as I watched and listened to Rewi recite them and the stories of who they are. He also shared how some Elders have their ancestral genealogy carved on their canes and they share it with their families. This is where the <a href="http://media.newzealand.com/en/story-ideas/ta-moko-significance-of-maori-tattoos/"><span class="s2"><b>Ta Moko</b></span></a> (Sacred Tribal Tattoos with Spirits) assist in identifying which tribe a Māori person comes from. Each family also goes to the Marae to recite their ancestor’s too and the stories, including their descent from <a href="http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/issue/Mao40TeA/c5.html"><span class="s2">Paikea</span></a>. These Maraes are their temples, their place of unity, their relations, and where their future will thrive. What was amazing is that as the week progressed and we were introduced to other relations of Rewi Couch, he would remind of which ancestor on their Marae, this or that person came from and I could see the connections and remember the story. It was like it was my families stories too because they were shared with us so freely and created ancestral connections and knowledge. I would take their knowledge home and be forever thankful for being part of their story too.<br />
<br />
</span><br />
<h3>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><b>Eighteen Tribes of the </b><a href="http://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/"><span class="s2"><b>NGĀI TAHU POUNAMU</b></span></a><b> Corporation</b></span> </h3>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pFUo2PGozks/WE4ikGCZt2I/AAAAAAAAKDA/1kDSQZsO7_oEyRRcu6l8pVKZ_uGfecKxwCKgB/s1600/20161123_092947.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pFUo2PGozks/WE4ikGCZt2I/AAAAAAAAKDA/1kDSQZsO7_oEyRRcu6l8pVKZ_uGfecKxwCKgB/s200/20161123_092947.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">As we neared the end of our journey, it was arranged for us to spend the day at the <a href="http://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/"><span class="s2"><b>NGĀI TAHU POUNAMU</b></span></a> Corporation. This corporation is made up of eighteen (18) south New Zealand tribes; which was strengthened by the <a href="http://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/ngai-tahu/i-am-ngai-tahu/"><span class="s2"><b>1998 Ngāi Tahu Land Settlement</b></span></a> due to an outstanding 1844 Māori land sale done with the English Crown.</span></div>
<div>
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JDBAkBkSsR8/WE4ikP2Cl9I/AAAAAAAAKDA/lwi0APgvNIwHEvKgHzhNGAHh09W9Rs0LgCKgB/s1600/20161123_102005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JDBAkBkSsR8/WE4ikP2Cl9I/AAAAAAAAKDA/lwi0APgvNIwHEvKgHzhNGAHh09W9Rs0LgCKgB/s320/20161123_102005.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
The corporation is responsible for over 56000 of it’s members, and ensures they serve and stay in constant communication with all their members, no matter where they are internationally or locally. There is no discrimination of their Māori peoples and/or state doesn't dictate who are members (like Indian Affairs does in Canada), they are self determining and exercise their sovereignty as membership is determined by their ancestral genealogies. Members are required to track their tribal history from the seven (7) canoes which landed on New Zealand. This has led to an increase in membership and Māori descension and helped breakdown the colonial misinformation that Māori presence in New Zealand is a minority peoples.<br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
The corporation has an in house radio station to assist to maintain communication and promote Māori initiatives and goals for the present and future. We were honoured to be guests of the <a href="http://tahufm.com/blue-quills-first-nations-students-from-canada-on-air-tahu-fm/" target="_blank"><b><span class="s2">TAHU FM Radio</span> station Live Show</b></a> talking about or <a href="https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154215405408512&id=557048511"><span class="s2"><b>UNBQ Language Revitalization Tour</b></span></a>. </span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<header style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; color: #6c6060; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 style="border: 0px; color: #363030; font-family: "Bree Serif", sans-serif; font-size: 2.244em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.387em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Blue Quills First Nations Students from Canada ‘on air’ Tahu FM</h1>
<aside class="post-meta" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(232, 227, 227); border-bottom-style: double; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 4px; margin: 0px 0px 1.618em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.618em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<li class="post-category" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font-size: 0.857em; margin: 0px 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://tahufm.com/category/podcast/" rel="category tag" style="border: 0px; color: #c1b5b5; font-size: 11.998px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">PODCAST</a> </li>
<li class="comments" style="border: 0px; display: inline; font-size: 0.857em; margin: 0px 1em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://tahufm.com/blue-quills-first-nations-students-from-canada-on-air-tahu-fm/#respond" style="border: 0px; color: #c1b5b5; font-size: 11.998px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">LEAVE A COMMENT</a></li>
</ul>
</aside></header><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://tahufm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016-11-23-Kura-Pounamu-Blue-Quills.mp3?_=1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">LISTEN to TAHU FM ARCHIVED RECORDING</span></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<section class="entry fix" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vppb9_Qqhek/WFN7IlI8kmI/AAAAAAAAKSw/Thpxlc6vhRQi901M8lBUONm4Ek04W2v1gCPcB/s1600/20161123_121353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vppb9_Qqhek/WFN7IlI8kmI/AAAAAAAAKSw/Thpxlc6vhRQi901M8lBUONm4Ek04W2v1gCPcB/s640/20161123_121353.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://tahufm.com/blue-quills-first-nations-students-from-canada-on-air-tahu-fm/" target="_blank">TAHU FM: We were guests on LIVE Radio</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="-webkit-hyphenate-character: "‐"; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.618em; orphans: 3; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; widows: 3;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills Student from Canada visit Te Whare o Te Waipounamu, 23 November 2016. Listen to their korero with Pou from the Kurakura Pounamu Show.</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-hyphenate-character: "‐"; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.618em; orphans: 3; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; widows: 3;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Their traditional drum featured in this photo ‘you will hear during this korero’.</span></div>
<div style="-webkit-hyphenate-character: "‐"; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.618em; orphans: 3; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; widows: 3;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">School Website: <a href="http://www.bluequills.ca/">www.bluequills.ca</a></span></div>
</section></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="400" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FshannonmhouleINM%2Fvideos%2F10154215405408512%2F&show_text=0&width=400" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="400"></iframe><br /></div>
<div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="s1" style="font-family: inherit;">The corporation, not only, invests for sustainability but they offer many resources and supports for their members from scholarships, genealogy, archival data, historical knowledge, all types of research, trust funds funds for business development, purchase home, and also education. Their website is impressive and filled with extensive information. The corporation is a development I continually dream in becoming a reality on our land, for our people. It is a true example of unity and exercising sovereignty and self determination. </span></div>
<div>
<span class="s1" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="s1">As each member is born, they receive a welcome package called a <b><a href="http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/290313/ngai-tahu-babies-get-sleeping-packs"><span class="s2">“Ngai Tahu's safe sleeping pack”</span></a> </b>with all the information they need to start off in life as a strong and proud Māori, including a scroll of </span><span class="s2">their</span><span class="s1"> genealogy to ensure they remained connected to their peoples. </span></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="733" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FshannonmhouleINM%2Fposts%2F10154215197553512&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br /></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="s1">This place, I would encourage our people to intern and learn from there example. They are doing remarkable work for their people and advancing everyday to assist their people not survive life but flourish and thrive.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <br />
</span><br />
<h3>
<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Journey to Turtle Island</span></b></h3>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">As we prepared to journey back to our home lands, I took the morning walking along the beach, taking in the warm spring air, the bright sun, and the essence of this place. I walked to the market and sat and had my last cappuccino and took a moment to give thanks for this unforgettable and remarkable experience, including the selfless, tireless, loving kindness of our hosts Rewi Couch and Marilyn Shirt. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><br />
</span> <br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GALdYm724yc/WE4ubW08jMI/AAAAAAAAKGU/k_APb2mBbq8hwkYzs9nZhQ76Y87aMKeCgCKgB/s1600/20161122_202655.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GALdYm724yc/WE4ubW08jMI/AAAAAAAAKGU/k_APb2mBbq8hwkYzs9nZhQ76Y87aMKeCgCKgB/s320/20161122_202655.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the moments along the ocean</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">I vowed to return, I left a piece of my spirit there, and one day I will return to retrieve it, so I can learn more from them and pass the knowledge and guidance on to our people. Knowledge we too, can ensure our existence, not only physically but holistically through the revitalization of our Indigenous languages and cultures. We are more related to the Māori peoples than many choose to see, they are our Indigenous brothers and sisters from across the sacred waters, yet they exemplify true Indigenous spirit of sharing, caring, and unconditional kindness ~ this is the true meaning of decolonization and honouring our Indigenous Spirits!</span></div>
<div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h_hAPxUfabI/WFN8RjVgu7I/AAAAAAAAKS0/zwPfFsfK6wEAm5itiyUsZFWcmmRqbxnogCKgB/s1600/20161118_081928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h_hAPxUfabI/WFN8RjVgu7I/AAAAAAAAKS0/zwPfFsfK6wEAm5itiyUsZFWcmmRqbxnogCKgB/s640/20161118_081928.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Extended Relations from the lands of the Māori</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The trip to New Zealand, like I stated earlier, far exceeded my expectations and guided in strengthening my belief that language is KEY in the resurgence of Indigenous Peoples, as a means to rising from the clenches of colonial oppression. The colonial english word for “revitalize”, clarifies even further this revolutionary movement:</span><br />
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Re<b>VITAL</b>izing Languages is VITAL to our survival!<br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;">re·vi·tal·ize</span></b>rēˈvīdlˌīz/<br />
verb<br />
<b><i><span style="font-size: small;">imbue with new life and vitality.</span></i></b></span></blockquote>
<div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><br />
</i></b><b>synonyms:</b> reinvigorate, re-energize, boost, regenerate, revive, revivify, rejuvenate, reanimate, resuscitate, refresh, stimulate, breathe new life into; <i>informal</i> give a shot in the arm to, pep up, jump-start, buck up</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
“Revitalize” entails breathing life back into a language; therefore, breathing life back into a peoples, their ancestors, and even their future. The breath of life, so commonly exercised daily by the Māori through their welcoming gesture of the Hongi, as this is also how they send you off into the future. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br />
</b></span> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>* Special Note:</b> I am no expert on Māori culture or traditions & all I am able to do is my best to express and share the remarkable experience I had; however, if I made inaccuracies etc.., I invite you to make a comment and I can make corrections. I do not want to share misinformation. With all due respect.</i></span><br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<ul><div class="p4">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"><b></b></span> </span></div>
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Additional Information:</span></b></span></div>
<ul>
<li class="li5"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>Available on my personal blog called “Language Revitalization: A Fulfilling Journey of Unity Shared from New Zealand”:</b> <a href="http://shannonhoule.blogspot.com/2016/12/revitalize-language-NZ.html">http://shannonhoule.blogspot.com/2016/12/revitalize-language-NZ.html</a></span></span></li>
<li class="li5"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>7th Biennial International Indigenous Research Conference:</b> <a href="http://www.indigenousresearch2016.ac.nz/"><span class="s4">http://www.indigenousresearch2016.ac.nz/</span></a> </span></span></li>
<li class="li5"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Facebook Page:</b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ngapaeotemaramatanga/"><span class="s4">https://www.facebook.com/ngapaeotemaramatanga/</span></a> </span></span></li>
<li class="li5"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>NGĀI TAHU POUNAMU:</b> <a href="http://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/"><span class="s4">http://ngaitahu.iwi.nz/</span></a> </span></span></li>
<li class="li5"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>SCHOOLS:</b></span></span></li>
<ul>
<li class="li5"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Waitaha: </b></span></span></li>
<ul>
<li class="li5"><span class="s3"><a href="http://whakapumau.ac.nz/"><span class="s4"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">http://whakapumau.ac.nz</span></span></a></span></li>
<li class="li5"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"><a href="http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school?school=4212&district=60&region=13"><span class="s4">http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school?school=4212&district=60&region=13</span></a></span><span class="s1"> </span></span></li>
</ul>
<li class="li5"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>Te Pā o Rākaihautū</b>: <a href="http://rakaihautu.com/"><span class="s4">http://rakaihautu.com</span></a></span></span></li>
<li class="li5"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o TE WHĀNAU TAHI:</b> <a href="http://www.whanau-tahi.school.nz/"><span class="s4">www.whanau-tahi.school.nz</span></a></span></span></li>
</ul>
<li class="li5"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>TAHU FM Radio:</b> <a href="http://tahufm.com/"><span class="s4">http://tahufm.com/</span></a> </span></span></li>
<li class="li5"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>TAHU FM Radion on Facebook:</b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TahuFM"><span class="s4">https://www.facebook.com/TahuFM</span></a> </span></span></li>
<li class="li5"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>TAHU FM Live Radio - UNBQ Students (November 22, 0216):</b> <a href="https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154215405408512&id=557048511"><span class="s4">https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154215405408512&id=557048511</span></a> </span></span></li>
<li class="li5"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>Tame Iti:</b> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_1370829959"></span>http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2016/08/innocent-warrior-160803112152319.html <span id="goog_1370829960"></span></a></span></span></li>
<li class="li5"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>Tame ITi & Price of Peace (clip):</b> <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2016/08/innocent-warrior-160803112152319.html"><span class="s4">http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2016/08/innocent-warrior-160803112152319.html</span></a> </span></span></li>
<li class="li5"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="s3"></span><span class="s1"><b>Ta Moko:</b> <a href="http://media.newzealand.com/en/story-ideas/ta-moko-significance-of-maori-tattoos/">http://media.newzealand.com/en/story-ideas/ta-moko-significance-of-maori-tattoos/</a></span></span><a href="http://media.newzealand.com/en/story-ideas/ta-moko-significance-of-maori-tattoos/" target="_blank"> </a></span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "baskerville";"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: "baskerville";"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px;"><br />
</span></span></div>
<div>
<a class="leftAlignedImage" href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12080.Ralph_Waldo_Emerson" style="clear: right; color: #00635d; float: right; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Ralph Waldo Emerson" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1393555704p2/12080.jpg" style="border: 0px;" /></span></a><br />
<div class="quoteText" style="line-height: 21px; padding: 0px 5px 10px 0px;">
<h1 class="quoteText" style="color: #181818; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: right;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> “Life is a journey, not a destination.”</span></h1>
<br />
<div style="text-align: right;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px;">― <a class="authorOrTitle" href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12080.Ralph_Waldo_Emerson" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="695" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FshannonmhouleINM%2Fposts%2F10154245028653512&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br /></div>
<br />
<div>
<style type="text/css">
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Saulteaux; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}
span.s1 {font-kerning: none}
</style> <br />
<div class="p1">
<span class="s1"><span style="font-size: x-large;">ᐊᐧᐱᒪᐦᐃᐦᑲᐣ</span></span></div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>wâpimahihkan</i></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>(White Wolf)</i></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>Shannon M Houle</i></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-66475153801627831002016-08-06T13:09:00.000-06:002016-08-06T13:33:22.154-06:00RED ROAD TO HEALING JOURNEY: Day 5<h3>
Day 5 (August 5, 2016):</h3>
<br />
Good Morning Everyone,<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Today is Saturday, August 6, 2016 but this is a Journal entry for Friday, August 5, 2016. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mB5LVK2SRqA/V6YyPB24ynI/AAAAAAAADjA/q3VwUONBc8kpuvU6IMEwa20MmLqYH_YUACLcB/s1600/20160806_090937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mB5LVK2SRqA/V6YyPB24ynI/AAAAAAAADjA/q3VwUONBc8kpuvU6IMEwa20MmLqYH_YUACLcB/s200/20160806_090937.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good Morning</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
As I’m sitting here outside my canvas tent drinking my first morning coffee I can say it was really nice to sleep in all cozy in my sleeping bag and “the sun was awake”…lol reminds me of nosisim (grandchild) Nova’s favorite movie, “Frozen” in that scene…”get up Anna, the moon is awake…I’m a awake…let’s go make a snowman” hahahaha…yes, the sun is awake, the birds are singing and that woodpecker is also pecking in the distance…it’s a perfect nature setting even complete with Sasquatch’s love interest in the tent snoring away…ahhhh the beauty of nature…it’s completeness. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
Other’s are still asleep but Tim just walked up to get his tools from one of the tents…so thankful him and his family are following their hearts and created this program with his mom…this is what happens when families join together for a common goal of helping others and doing it from their heart and soul. It was interesting yesterday when Shirley was sharing in group of how this program came about. She was sharing that after she worked years to heal herself and help others after becoming a Social Worker, she remained connected to support systems and it was one of those group support systems who helped fund this program…she said she was surprised, really didn’t know if they would but she took a risk and presented the proposal. I can tell you I am one who is grateful and I’m sure the ones participating are too. </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
It’s a Pilot Project but already in these 5 days I am extremely grateful…it’s felt like I have been in a War Zone for a while and it’s on my own Ancestral Lands and battling an Indian Act Oppressive Genocidal System, that it not only, the non Indigenous oppressors of this system, at the helm, but they have also (some aware and many unaware they are reinforcing the system) recruited so so many of our Indigenous people to keep enforcing this genocidal system. It is pure GENOCIDE and I will not downgrade it or minimize it just because some feel it too harsh or too mean etc…<br />
<br />
I say this, I will not minimize it, because it isn’t “Cultural <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Suffer-Little-Children-Genocide-Indigenous/dp/0986076961" target="_blank"><b>Genocide</b></a>” <b><i>~ IT'S STRAIGHT GENOCIDE…</i></b>period ⚫️ </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://wherearethechildren.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rd_42-1024x815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://wherearethechildren.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rd_42-1024x815.jpg" height="254" width="320" /></a></div>
<b><a href="http://wherearethechildren.ca/en" target="_blank">Indian Residential Schools </a></b>was part of that genocide...</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
(Check out Tamara Starblanket's published dissertation, <b><a href="http://www.claritypress.com/Starblanket.html" target="_blank">"Suffer the Little Children: Genocide, Indigenous Children, and the Canadian State"</a>)</b> </div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
I say this because once you hear the stories of the people in my daily group circle…you will begin to understand the fight to exist they are enduring…persevering through…the battle they are surviving…<br />
<br />
I feel it so much, especially at a nation/community level…it may sound cynical but our people are in a state of crisis, we do have high suicides, weekly funerals, highest rate of children in care, prostitution, rapes, violence etc…you name it and no age, gender, or person is exempt…we are all impacted…if we weren’t we would be Aliens…from some other planet just hovering above observing the self destruction happening…this is what some call <b><i>“Successful Assimilation or Genocide”</i></b> when the Oppressors can sit back and the ones oppressed, for generations, have completely internalized the oppression and do it to themselves and those around them<b><i>…it’s a self defeating system. </i></b><br />
<br />
Don’t get me wrong, yes, it sounds depressing and it definitely is… that’s my point. So many live in depression and feel helpless!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pmSY9fTPr1o/V6YxhEITKQI/AAAAAAAADi8/9OcjZOSAGMEKqzbnoA9UJM0LKV6WS9HIgCLcB/s1600/Novalee%2B%2526%2BSweetgrass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pmSY9fTPr1o/V6YxhEITKQI/AAAAAAAADi8/9OcjZOSAGMEKqzbnoA9UJM0LKV6WS9HIgCLcB/s200/Novalee%2B%2526%2BSweetgrass.jpg" width="110" /></a></div>
However, as I sit here on our lands, breathing the air, drinking the water, feeling all around me…I whole heartedly feel the hope, the love, the caring, the comforts of Creation…and I’m connected to it all…even after I got my coffee and smudged with the 4 medicines in the 4 directions... Fungas, Cedar, Sage, and Sweetgrass…I reconnected even more…to “that Sacred System” which will lift me, us… <b><i>~ the 4 Laws and Ways of Knowing Creator intended.</i></b><br />
<br />
As I type this many tiny birds landed in front of me and said "hello" to remind me of how fragile we all are but YET we all have Wings to Fly...<br />
<br />
we only need to use them and believe…believe in something, anything that will get you to where you need to be to move forward and get out of the trenches of the war zone…<br />
<br />
so so grateful my nimosompan (my late grandfather) Joe Houle sang the Sundance Songs that night, so long ago, in the literal WWII Trenches in Italy in the 1940s when he felt and thought he was going to die…grateful the Elders taught him the songs…they told him to sing them if he feels he might not make it and our ceremonial songs will help lift his spirit.<br />
<br />
This is the same blood that flows through me and so many others have the same type of blood…especially those whose families went through those war zoned Indian Residential Schools…<br />
<br />
Yes, my spirit, mind, heart, and even my body are feeling those pains…yesterday, all day my body physically ached…but today I woke feeling replenished…the Lands just do that when you don’t even realize it...heal!<br />
<br />
The morning group was heavy, I cried but my tears also had hope and joy too…not only pain…but grief and loss isn’t easy…it’s not a process so many of us learn…our ceremonies and teachings that used to guide us through are so fractured that our teachings are forgotten or replaced by silence, don’t feel, replace, don’t cry, stay busy, it will get better, it is what it is…and so many more crippling messages we get to NOT DEAL with Grief and Loss!<br />
<br />
However, water is healing and as those tears fell from my face to the floor or my shirt…each tear drop was a healing and blessing…I was releasing…tears were made for a reason, I was told once…they have a purpose…<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fw3TJ11HMVY/V6Y1XODN1xI/AAAAAAAADjs/oTwEvdDbByM9eHdUtr09K1pMIbxGggHrACLcB/s1600/20160805_133329.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fw3TJ11HMVY/V6Y1XODN1xI/AAAAAAAADjs/oTwEvdDbByM9eHdUtr09K1pMIbxGggHrACLcB/s320/20160805_133329.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
Later we did some Archery and man oh man I got some bad bruising on my forearm hahaha…I’m learning…but I can’t get over how good Sheri is…she is a natural and you can see her strength in that bow when you see that target fighting to stay up as it rocks…back and forth, back and forth…hahaha…yup…I will never starve with her around hahaha<br />
<br />
Here moose...moose...lol<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /><i>WE GOT THIS!</i></b></span><br />
<br />
Yup as we moved into the weekend, we had a delicious supper made with love by Tracey and settled down for a movie night…only thing we were missing was popcorn…guess what’s on my list when I head to town to do laundry and get supplies etc…POPCORN and Marshmallows too…this was also missing too when had an evening camp fire last night…<br />
<br />
Well, all I gotta say is, I am praying this program continues…it is what the doctor ordered, hey <b><i><a href="http://spiritoftheland.ca/conference-2015/james-makokis/" target="_blank">Dr. James</a> 🌾</i></b>…<br />
<br />
I will not be posting for the weekend but I plan to find a river to jump into, go check out some mountains, and live life…not just survive it!<br />
<br />
See you all back next week and please if anything, <b><i>laugh from the heart</i></b>, say <b><i>“I love you” </i></b>to at least someone this weekend…even if it’s you!<br />
<i><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">KEEP IT SIMPLE!</span></b></i></div>
Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-16377127877842125952016-08-05T15:16:00.003-06:002016-08-06T22:42:21.819-06:00RED ROAD TO HEALING JOURNEY: Day 4<h3>
Day 4 (August 4, 2016):</h3>
<div>
<br /></div>
What can I say about this day. As I was laying in my sleeping bag last night I was reflecting on the day. Had to take this day a little slower... I didn’t participate in horse riding or yoga but I did go for a long walk today…actually a few times.<br />
<div>
<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p3--MMeMwxY/V6a7ZSzQD6I/AAAAAAAADl0/XMSH-oN1_vgdHTMd-L6991jCl8yt8wD4wCLcB/s1600/20160804_193049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p3--MMeMwxY/V6a7ZSzQD6I/AAAAAAAADl0/XMSH-oN1_vgdHTMd-L6991jCl8yt8wD4wCLcB/s320/20160804_193049.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
The first time I walked, in the afternoon, I went with my sister-cousin Sheri and it’s amazing how a walk can also be a great therapy of sharing and processing the day. We discussed our morning session of sharing in the Grief and Loss session <span style="text-align: center;">with Shirley. Today had some hard tears for some and it was draining but after some of us took time to relax and even take an afternoon nap. I usually don’t like to nap but today I had to even though I wasn’t planning on it. I had decided after lunch to start on my reading and planned to be immersed into that but my body had other plans lol…not even into four or five pages I was soon asleep…it was awesome…in a canvas tent with the flaps and window open with a nice breeze flowing through…it was a perfect setting…I could smell the spruce and hear the birds and the sun coming through the trees was just enough to make it cozy…so cozy my mind, body, soul, and heart surrendered to it and I was fast asleep…dreaming, replenishing, rejuvenating, and gaining my strength…</span></div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1K8WXP65VtE/V6a7F8ITLlI/AAAAAAAADls/-D1j9-sxnWwbKOCRe8ZQI_7VkCszxi5EgCEw/s1600/20160803_184137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1K8WXP65VtE/V6a7F8ITLlI/AAAAAAAADls/-D1j9-sxnWwbKOCRe8ZQI_7VkCszxi5EgCEw/s320/20160803_184137.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
Today I was really thinking about my dad and mom today…so I called my mom and she was so happy to hear from me…she was looking for an AA meeting when I called and that was so nice to hear she was doing some of her own healing again too. Glad she is back this way and she is more closer for us to help her as she is challenged physically. My mom is 70 years old and she has lived many years on this earth, a diabetic, and cancer survivor. My dad is 68 years old, a cancer survivor too and yes, younger than my mom…my mom was a cradle robber hahahaha jokes<br />
<br />
<div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bmrsXiweFks/V6a7U0wUBrI/AAAAAAAADlw/gM9kjlkQoi8HISR_Ioc8eCwml4vWhylvQCEw/s1600/20160804_194649.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bmrsXiweFks/V6a7U0wUBrI/AAAAAAAADlw/gM9kjlkQoi8HISR_Ioc8eCwml4vWhylvQCEw/s320/20160804_194649.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/ux9j9SCPE3QgvXUTP7f-aIMeErI0hFzfj5FDDIBAoj5Au_qGRLrLKdtGYUpKCn3VZeJiqA=s800" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a>
<div>
<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">"I Love You" is not only words...</span></i></b></div>
<div>
<br />
Ya, as I was talking to my mom she was so happy for me and I was telling her I have to call dad and let him know how I’m doing, he usually calls too, now a days, to know how I’m doing…it’s great because we used to sometimes go months, even a year without talking but not these days…we try to keep in touch, I love it because we all even tell each other we love each other…something many who have heard the stories or were part of the story of Indian Residential Schools know, that saying “I love you” wasn’t an option…so saying it today is a blessing in it’s self too. I remember when I came home from the United States in 1999, my one goal was to tell my dad that I loved him every time I talked to him and one day he will say it too. Now don’t get me wrong, my dad loves me, this has never been an issue, after all, I was his girl when I was small when he would hold me tight on the couch and we would lay there while he watched TV and he was holding his baby girl…this is and was any girl’s dream of daddy…I had that and grateful for it. But like any family engulfed with traumas, grief, losses etc..families start hurting and memories like that start to become rare and far between so you can understand that saying “I love you” wasn’t common at all especially for a family that has come from two generations of Indian Residential Schools (IRS) and now trying to raise the next generation (me) with parenting skills learned from IRS, it can get pretty dysfunctional. So ya, when my dad says “I love you” it means a lot to me and today he says it and it is amazing to me because a father and daughter relationship is important…dad’s are key to the life of a child too…</div>
<div>
<b><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">ᑭᑲᓴᑭᑎᐣ ᑲᑭᑫ</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">"I will love you always" ~ kikasâkitin kâkike (nêhiyawewin - Cree)</span></i></b></div>
<br />
Yes, this was a very inspirational learning day to the core of my heart and soul and I am so very very grateful for it and I am also grateful l had the opportunity to hold my sister today too as she is on her journey too here…<br />
<br />
Our walk was great, and later I went for another walk but alone this time and much farther…I was gone for a few hours and just taking in the land, the trees, the air and a deer also graced me with it’s presence…I thanked it…there was a young buck that made an appearance and it made me think of my son and reminded me that he is in Creator’s hands…my heart prayed for him…he has his own journey too but I hope he remembers we are never alone and never walk alone, Creator is always there, we just need to reach for him and ask…I love you Germain Ian Houle…each breath I take and each heart beat I send to you too for strength!<br />
<br />
<i><b>Our Children Are Our Reminders to Be the Best We Can Be… and our children are our rewards too…reminding us that love is unconditional!</b></i><br />
<br />
We did have many healing laughs today too but it was mainly a reflection day and taking a step back to ground myself…get back to the heart of what really matters…the heart and soul…and our connections to family, friends, and even all that surrounds us…</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JcspwIVlf5Q/V6a62YAeBjI/AAAAAAAADl4/Q49ehcQSf9ovNwL2TUNCT_hF0i017bL2QCEw/s1600/20160804_171727.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JcspwIVlf5Q/V6a62YAeBjI/AAAAAAAADl4/Q49ehcQSf9ovNwL2TUNCT_hF0i017bL2QCEw/s200/20160804_171727.jpg" width="112" /></a></div>
Morgan did teach us how to make an amazing healthy dessert and she shared with us that real cocoa releases the same endorphins that are released when we fall in love and why so many people make the connection between cocoa and love...</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
I can't remember the name of the dessert but I made one up to call it<b><i> Cocoa Sasquatch Droppings</i></b>, it reminded me of that but it is delicious...we had a good laugh because again it was made with love and laughter and we did laugh over the <i><b>joy of learning and enjoying Soul Food</b></i>!</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2fmfn0DRbhk/V6a6uAnGvRI/AAAAAAAADl4/F0Y1qep2HL8PqD1JTtWtRMZ1cf_hc9dtQCEw/s1600/20160803_135001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2fmfn0DRbhk/V6a6uAnGvRI/AAAAAAAADl4/F0Y1qep2HL8PqD1JTtWtRMZ1cf_hc9dtQCEw/s320/20160803_135001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
I was so grateful today too for Sheri being my muse too and helping me complete Day 3 of my journey, she really helped inspire the really craziness of that entry hahaha…she really brings out that side of me hahahaha..my sister, I love her so much and so blessed to have her back in my life again…Creator answered my prayers and did watch over her and made sure I was available for her again when she needed me…we are blood!<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Grief is a process…shouldn't be ignored...but embraced...love will guide…</span></b><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: right;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;">I really miss my family, they are in my prayers and heart…Creator is watching over them!</span></i></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: right;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>ᐊᐧᐱᒪᐦᐊᐦᑲᐧᐣ ᓂᔭ ᐅᒪ</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>wâpimahahkwan niya oma</i></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>(I am White Wolf)</i></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-86300563917973917662016-08-05T00:18:00.001-06:002016-08-07T11:40:47.624-06:00RED ROAD TO HEALING JOURNEY: Day 3<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
</div>
<h3>
Day 3 (August 3, 2016):</h3>
<br />
Our day was like a roller coaster of emotions…the morning was a bit heavy. We did our Grief and Loss session and Shirley Dufour shared her story of her 10 years in Indian Residential School from the age of 5 years to 14 years. <br />
<br />
Her story is as unique as her but thousands of children have the similar painful story no child should have ever went through. She shared her long road back which eventually lead her to where she is today as a 69 year old retired Social Worker. Her story is a story of deep deep pain but of also resilience and like she said, <b><i>I am more than a “Survivor”</i></b>. She is defiantly that, <b><i>she is a Hero, a Warrior Woman, a Beautifully Vibrant Spirited Indigenous Woman…</i></b> she is so much more that there are no words to describe her…you need to be in a space with her to feel her soul…and you will understand she is so so much more…the Creator wasn’t messing around when he made her hahaha<br />
<br />
It was a special morning listening to her story and others sharing parts of themselves too…for some, they have never shared what they shared. This shows our group is getting stronger each day and this place is part of creating these strong connections…<b><i>it’s so inviting, loving, and safe!</i></b><br />
<br />
The afternoon was awesome with horse back riding. We got used to our horses more and Tracey showed us great skills as she is a professional horse trainer and it was nice to listen and learn. I loved riding Maverick for a bit and remembered how much I hate trotting lol. So Tracey had me do it so I can learn to like it…I used to hate it so much we used to just put the horses straight into full gallop, when we were kids…but it’s never too late to change my ways hahaha<br />
<br />
<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="626" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FshannonmhouleINM%2Fposts%2F10153909710153512&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br />
<br />
For supper, Morgan taught us how to make a very healthy raw food meal called Pan Tai and it was absolutely amazing…we also talked of the <b><i>importance of respecting the food as you prepare it </i></b>and <b><i>thinking good thoughts and putting love and care into the food</i></b> <b><i>so that the food also assists you, and those you prepared for, to eat a healthy foods that also heals and feeds your soul, mind, and spirit too. </i></b><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kCn5yPjLzw0/V6ZBUCmecMI/AAAAAAAADkc/59UoQPpOqXUgi6xVK5ASFpfrfyzLYgcIgCEw/s1600/20160803_180612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kCn5yPjLzw0/V6ZBUCmecMI/AAAAAAAADkc/59UoQPpOqXUgi6xVK5ASFpfrfyzLYgcIgCEw/s200/20160803_180612.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNWb3AYvU5s/V6ZBRF-zZEI/AAAAAAAADkY/njUQwafpYlEvjR1M5K_BBCe4poNfJJ1_gCEw/s1600/20160803_180622_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNWb3AYvU5s/V6ZBRF-zZEI/AAAAAAAADkY/njUQwafpYlEvjR1M5K_BBCe4poNfJJ1_gCEw/s320/20160803_180622_001.jpg" width="240" /></a>We were laughing lots and told the others we put laughter into it and it was so true because during our supper we had the hardest laughs to the point my stomach was hurting and I was crying hahahaha.<br />
<br />
I was eating cherries my mom brought from British Columbia and they made my mouth, teeth, and tongue purple and it made everyone laugh so hard…we couldn’t stop laughing…the healing was so amazing…and for those who really know me, I am VERY SHY (hee hee) jokes! I can already hear my family and friends as they read this say, “YA RIGHT” and laugh shaking there heads.<br />
<br />
Yup I lost 3 pounds off my belly with all that laughing (hahahahaha…..)<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span> </span><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--J4j0wuE44k/V6Y_1M98K7I/AAAAAAAADkQ/pM15uBjVcrgAgGuNq4Hbl4cfTqIBZ4g2gCEw/s1600/20160803_191230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--J4j0wuE44k/V6Y_1M98K7I/AAAAAAAADkQ/pM15uBjVcrgAgGuNq4Hbl4cfTqIBZ4g2gCEw/s320/20160803_191230.jpg" width="320" /></a> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/9r90O-P4nzZBrVbZ8qGTrNlCEVC9Cvu4Ugh9KPMqskIiQocqKhqNyZgb5GShT8Xe794kmA=s800" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></a><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Oh ya, on my afternoon walk around the huge lands area, I found some memekwesis (little people) and their entrance...so I think I will go take some things to them this weekend..always have to say hello to my Clan...</span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EtBnvG4-wNA/V6ZCi6ktmdI/AAAAAAAADk0/M9VcSbn4YJIMq3pgviU9XxLb5fNK9FzOACLcB/s1600/20160803_172423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EtBnvG4-wNA/V6ZCi6ktmdI/AAAAAAAADk0/M9VcSbn4YJIMq3pgviU9XxLb5fNK9FzOACLcB/s320/20160803_172423.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>The evening was closed with some deep yoga…oh my, am I out of shape lol</b></i></span><br />
<br />
<b><i>I was stretching, ouching…if that is even a word…but if it isn’t, it is now!</i></b><br />
<br />
It was all good though, so grateful for Callie doing Yoga with us and for being such a young woman, very inspiring to see a youth going to school to become a Yoga Instructor. I feel the same about Morgan, she is learning about Healthy Foods etc..and teaching us so so much. Kind of missing Brenda already and her teachings, this is Tracey’s sister who is teaching us all the medicines etc…but we will see her next week...YA!<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></span><br />
Now Sheri is getting pretty prepped to be a hunter...she is learning Archery and damb...I'm already scared! 15 minutes in, she was hitting her targets...I yelled,<i><b>"Hey sister, let your ancestral instincts kick in"...and all be dambed</b></i>, she hit 4 arrows in all 4 directions...now if that isn't Indian enough for anyone, I don't know what is hahaha!<br />
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpLast" style="mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in;">
</div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FnQCrZ1sDBY/V6a3w3UuvlI/AAAAAAAADlY/m1neFf4CZMcnYzye698U-IfyrvkSuKDEACEw/s1600/20160803_214244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FnQCrZ1sDBY/V6a3w3UuvlI/AAAAAAAADlY/m1neFf4CZMcnYzye698U-IfyrvkSuKDEACEw/s320/20160803_214244.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Humbled, Inspired, Healing, Loving, Laughter, Joy</span></b><br />
<br />
…so many emotions today…we closed with Smores by the fire and good ol' fashion story telling.<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
</span></span><br />
<br />
I also posted some of my experiences so far on Facebook too...so check them out!<br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="626" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FshannonmhouleINM%2Fposts%2F10153912099353512&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br />
</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="572" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FshannonmhouleINM%2Fposts%2F10153912108393512&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe><br />
</span> <br />
<div>
<br /></div>
As for the end of the day...I walked back to my tent in the dark of night to Sheri snoring & she woke up saying she heard something outside...so there I was again outside checking to make sure she was safe...we wouldn't want Sasquatch to take a shining to her...hahaha...I might be bringing home another relative I didn't expect...8 foot tall and 400 pounds...but hey, <b><i>we don't choose our relations!</i></b>Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-13748143595925910912016-08-02T22:26:00.001-06:002016-08-02T22:30:52.209-06:00RED ROAD TO HEALING JOURNEY: Day 2<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<h3>
<span lang="EN-US">Day 2 (August 2, 2016):</span></h3>
</div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US"><i><b>Every person who heals, helps heal all those who came before them and helps heal all those after them!</b></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US">This was another full
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had our great morning breakfast
and started the day with Shirley on our Grief and Loss sessions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We met her today and she is Tim’s mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tim is Tracey’s husband and they own the
<b><a href="http://paintedwarriors.simplesite.com/" target="_blank">Painted Warriors Ranch and Archery</a></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
have collaborated with Shirley on this Intergenerational Trauma and Residential
School Healing Program.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5GLBq913DT8/V6ErhiJSZdI/AAAAAAAAB0k/ULLFJjQpYg4ebJdirUEpC3YT4g7EMihIgCPcB/s1600/20160802_103928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5GLBq913DT8/V6ErhiJSZdI/AAAAAAAAB0k/ULLFJjQpYg4ebJdirUEpC3YT4g7EMihIgCPcB/s320/20160802_103928.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Book we are Reading</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US">It was a tough morning with sharing and beginning our personal work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We received our plan and expectations
etc..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to start off into this program 100% as I feel I will get out of this program what I put into it…I’m really
tired of carrying this crap and some of it isn’t mine but what I
inherited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US">Even though I know
this will be hard work, I’m grateful to let it go…I am so ready.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter how much a person heals, there is
usually another layer waiting to be discovered and released…this is that time
again because in the last three years I have not only seen my family dynamics
and result of Indian Residential School Genocide over the years on my healing journey but also saw and was fully
immersed in it at a nation/community level and at this level it’s so intense at
times because it’s at such a destructive & heavy hearted level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Meaning we see the result of genocide from looking at the high levels of social issues like high
addictions, abuses, crime, lateral violence, suicides, poverty, neglected youth, elders, and
children etc…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US">None of us are immune
to it…we are all interconnected and it affects us all…WHY?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because we are all related!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US">Just coming here, I
had to place my family in Creator’s hands…because when I leave here, I pray my
family will and is surviving…I say surviving because at this point they are no
long living, they are surviving, which is sad and heartbreaking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ahNi3Q-ivlE/V6ErrHvXv6I/AAAAAAAAB04/hrwCWOUHpMokzTs140EXLQfNuNyMPqMWwCPcB/s1600/20160802_133002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ahNi3Q-ivlE/V6ErrHvXv6I/AAAAAAAAB04/hrwCWOUHpMokzTs140EXLQfNuNyMPqMWwCPcB/s320/20160802_133002.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Healing Salves: Comfrey Oil & Infused Sage and Rosemary Oil</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US"><b><i>This is why I am
giving 100% to this program, I don’t want to carry this anymore, I want my children (my son and
daughter-law) and my grandchildren to find some sort of healing too…so they can
start living and my grandbabies can live a life they deserve…a life with more
love than pain, with more kindness than anger, more joy, laughter, freedom, and
peace…than all the generations before them.</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QyX7hBPkexA/V6Er0PGREXI/AAAAAAAAB04/wl7ouPeUChcEBH008WX4YsnSC4VyzSRKACPcB/s1600/20160802_135902.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QyX7hBPkexA/V6Er0PGREXI/AAAAAAAAB04/wl7ouPeUChcEBH008WX4YsnSC4VyzSRKACPcB/s320/20160802_135902.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bees Wax for Deodorant & Salves</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XL1llzt-vEI/V6EsFDmnxqI/AAAAAAAAB04/ogHooCfNbwgwoRNgOnKjtxgQel40t4_SwCPcB/s1600/20160802_153124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XL1llzt-vEI/V6EsFDmnxqI/AAAAAAAAB04/ogHooCfNbwgwoRNgOnKjtxgQel40t4_SwCPcB/s320/20160802_153124.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Filling the deodorant Containers</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tzxexpk0DsY/V6EsF2sWvhI/AAAAAAAAB04/YqeEqnpemzMz8MMMWEDqik6MWcs5_5B6wCPcB/s1600/20160802_152035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tzxexpk0DsY/V6EsF2sWvhI/AAAAAAAAB04/YqeEqnpemzMz8MMMWEDqik6MWcs5_5B6wCPcB/s320/20160802_152035.jpg" width="179" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comfrey Compress for First Aid Wounds</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kcFT5MAtD8E/V6EsBsFlqsI/AAAAAAAAB04/-V9s8UdBssIWFDY2SuKMt5ayiCHOpv83QCPcB/s1600/20160802_152041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kcFT5MAtD8E/V6EsBsFlqsI/AAAAAAAAB04/-V9s8UdBssIWFDY2SuKMt5ayiCHOpv83QCPcB/s320/20160802_152041.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crushing Comfrey Leaf</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KE3D4ylboVM/V6EsPV-oMBI/AAAAAAAAB08/w6WFelliP4AbyYg9nb_77UUkIgI1dtWzACPcB/s1600/20160802_161325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KE3D4ylboVM/V6EsPV-oMBI/AAAAAAAAB08/w6WFelliP4AbyYg9nb_77UUkIgI1dtWzACPcB/s320/20160802_161325.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished products: Deodorant & Healing Salves</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US">As the day continued
and our Grief and Loss session was over we learned how to make natural
deodorants, pain salves, and healing compress with plants readily available and
for pennies to make with basic tools and supplies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All I know is I am sold…love returning back
to our original teachings of accessing our healing medicines, foods, personal
hygiene products off the land…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
</div>
<ul>
<li><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><b>Comfrey Compress:</b> Crushed Comfrey Leaf to freeze and ready to heal wounds, bruises etc...speeds recovery.</span></li>
</ul>
<br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7oPkQ9BFAA4/V6EsQpqaH1I/AAAAAAAAB08/GCc4vowQU-EFp0UYsvOkPbysr3-5tCakACPcB/s1600/20160802_153933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7oPkQ9BFAA4/V6EsQpqaH1I/AAAAAAAAB08/GCc4vowQU-EFp0UYsvOkPbysr3-5tCakACPcB/s200/20160802_153933.jpg" width="112" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">Comfrey Leaves</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<ul>
<li><b style="text-indent: 0in;">Yarrow & Popular Salve with Bees Wax Salve:</b><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> Helps with pain relief, some arthritis, bruising etc..</span><ul></ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span style="text-indent: 0in;"><b>Sage & Rosemary with Bees Wax and Cocoa Butter Deodorant:</b> Excellent underarm deodorant. One thing we learned is that any products to be placed on your body should be eatable and if it's not, then usually not safe for the body as we absorb it through our skin and no different than eating it...we are what we eat, well..we are what we put on our bodies...</span></li>
<ul>
<li><span style="text-indent: 0in;">You can also add Essential Oils into your deodorants depending on gender like Geranium, Clary Sage, & Ylang Ylang for Women and Juniper, Black Spruce, & Cedar Wood for Men. These Essential Oils help balance the person & compliment their genetic makeup.</span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in;">
<span lang="EN-US">We ended the day with Yoga and chatting with each other after…the
rain slowed our day a little. We didn’t get to spend time with the horses but
that is another day…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:DocumentProperties>
<o:Revision>0</o:Revision>
<o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime>
<o:Pages>1</o:Pages>
<o:Words>397</o:Words>
<o:Characters>2266</o:Characters>
<o:Company>Saddle Lake Cree Nation</o:Company>
<o:Lines>18</o:Lines>
<o:Paragraphs>5</o:Paragraphs>
<o:CharactersWithSpaces>2658</o:CharactersWithSpaces>
<o:Version>14.0</o:Version>
</o:DocumentProperties>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Normal</w:View>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves/>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:DoNotPromoteQF/>
<w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther>
<w:LidThemeAsian>JA</w:LidThemeAsian>
<w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/>
<w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/>
<w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/>
<w:OverrideTableStyleHps/>
<w:UseFELayout/>
</w:Compatibility>
<m:mathPr>
<m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/>
<m:brkBin m:val="before"/>
<m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/>
<m:smallFrac m:val="off"/>
<m:dispDef/>
<m:lMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:rMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/>
<m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/>
<m:intLim m:val="subSup"/>
<m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/>
</m:mathPr></w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
DefSemiHidden="true" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"
LatentStyleCount="276">
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Normal"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="heading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="35" QFormat="true" Name="caption"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="10" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="22" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="59" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Table Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Placeholder Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Revision"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="List Paragraph"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" Name="Bibliography"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/>
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<!--EndFragment--><br />
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpLast" style="mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in;">
<span lang="EN-US">Grateful for today and blessed to have met these amazing souls…journey
on!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14762861734768640163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-91795712007856122292016-08-02T17:58:00.002-06:002016-08-02T22:29:15.547-06:00RED ROAD TO HEALING JOURNEY: 30 Day Personal Journey Grounded on the Land<h3>
DAY 1 (Monday, August 1, 2016):</h3>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="text-indent: 0in;">Today was a memorable
day of mixed feelings and awareness.</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Today was the first day back on the lands, sleeping in canvas tents
again like my childhood when mama would make the tents to keep us
sheltered.</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">I am on Day one of a thirty
day healing journey.</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;">
<span style="text-indent: 0in;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="text-indent: 0in;">The morning was being silly and having some fun...Sasquatch made an appearance hahaha...</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy2SzsI6yor1DVmpOiNJlG-oH3V2ndEdw0FMX4g5YId0aWPmR3Dht6uhivUmNEAx67y4Ri884TUY2Yf0PR_yQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="text-indent: 0in;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CW3W2i-zQOg/V6EqwhrcgKI/AAAAAAAABz0/kN1I6rM3yEsDNxS37tEy8tz9hHAR0gT2gCLcB/s1600/20160801_085816.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CW3W2i-zQOg/V6EqwhrcgKI/AAAAAAAABz0/kN1I6rM3yEsDNxS37tEy8tz9hHAR0gT2gCLcB/s320/20160801_085816.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OWkX4WqggsA/V6EsLw9Yt8I/AAAAAAAAB04/U8niV_V3OLwIYuVWRcqLkFWgiOlzwcgRwCEw/s1600/edited_20160801_191816.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="111" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OWkX4WqggsA/V6EsLw9Yt8I/AAAAAAAAB04/U8niV_V3OLwIYuVWRcqLkFWgiOlzwcgRwCEw/s200/edited_20160801_191816.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="200" /></a><span style="text-indent: 0in;">It’s called the <b>Red
Road to Healing</b> and our journey is to look and resolve, come to terms with, and
release the crippling effects of Indian Residential School indoctrination which
has created a life of it’s own and continues to be unconsciously enforced
through the generations of our people.</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">Just like parenting skills and teachings are passed through the
generations…as Indigenous Peoples, these sacred teachings of our peoples have
been replaced by our oppressors and the genocide continues…we are a fractured
people!</span><br />
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US">This is Day one of decolonizing
my mind, heart, soul, and body…and recolonize back to our origin, as strong,
proud self sustaining sovereign Indigenous Peoples of our lands…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vPLElR2CelE/V6ErWPOVu2I/AAAAAAAAB0k/r54HPWxVoVs25_cn-Bh4eVpFldvrp7zRQCEw/s1600/20160801_191756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vPLElR2CelE/V6ErWPOVu2I/AAAAAAAAB0k/r54HPWxVoVs25_cn-Bh4eVpFldvrp7zRQCEw/s320/20160801_191756.jpg" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US">Today was getting
familiar with everyone, the lands, the animals and getting used to being and
sharing these spaces for the next thirty days…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US">We did a little
relaxation, learned to make some healthier meals over a camp fire with
healthier living foods (greens etc) and wild meat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can Salad, Antelope Skewers, & Wild
Rice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US">Then we moved onto
our next agenda, the Land – it continued to be our classroom and we walked the
land and learned of foods and medicines our people have known for thousands and
thousands of years like wild spinach, wild chia which is also flour, White
Popular has a sweet sap for our sugar and for those who know the Creation
Stories it helps with bone or wound repair, the White Popular was the tree
Creator used to make our bones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
white powder is also used to protect our skin too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are so many foods we can eat that non
Indigenous society calls “weeds” but there are no weeds on our lands, there is
only food and medicine…many medicines Western Society can not cure illnesses
but ours can, including prevent illnesses & keep us healthy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7oPkQ9BFAA4/V6EsQpqaH1I/AAAAAAAAB08/y6aGjNXMi_YLjxSLoOR2RBUAPh37J6J_QCEw/s1600/20160802_153933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7oPkQ9BFAA4/V6EsQpqaH1I/AAAAAAAAB08/y6aGjNXMi_YLjxSLoOR2RBUAPh37J6J_QCEw/s320/20160802_153933.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comfry</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</span>As my dear friend and brother, Dr. James
Makokis and others like Elder Jim O’Chiese and others speak and teach about…it
is no wonder our people can not be healed from the Western medicines, our
medicines are made to heal the bodies of the people who come from these lands
on Turtle Island…it is common sense!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hahaha<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US">Later we connected
with the horse spirits and met our friends, allies etc.. for the next thirty
days… my partner’s name is Maverick, he is about 12 years old and a beautiful
gentle spirited horse but I can see some challenging spunk in him, he was
testing me today (hahaha) but we soon became friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look forward to getting on him tomorrow and
riding like I did when I was a teen…I so miss horses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They always remind me of my dad and brother,
the days of rodeos, my grandparent’s family farm, and all the good times.</span></div>
<br />
<o:p></o:p><br />
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="text-indent: 0in;">Today, I’m so
grateful for this opportunity to commit and invest in Shannon and my
healing.</span><span style="text-indent: 0in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0in;">I was in a very toxic
environment created by the oppressors…an environment our people are unconsciously
enforcing… that corrupt Indian Act system…but today, I am on a different
journey and reconnecting to the laws of our people… on the land, taking in the
water, breathing the air, and absorbing the sun…these are the real laws and the
laws of treaty too…the ‘True Spirit and Intent” of Creation!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">PS: These are my raw
journals & as real as they will get in the moment I am feeling or
experiencing them…they are mine, no one else’s, my perceptions, my journey;
therefore, free of other’s opinions, unless you are in my head, heart, body,
& soul!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Humbled respect!</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<br /></div>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:DocumentProperties>
<o:Revision>0</o:Revision>
<o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime>
<o:Pages>1</o:Pages>
<o:Words>547</o:Words>
<o:Characters>3118</o:Characters>
<o:Company>Saddle Lake Cree Nation</o:Company>
<o:Lines>25</o:Lines>
<o:Paragraphs>7</o:Paragraphs>
<o:CharactersWithSpaces>3658</o:CharactersWithSpaces>
<o:Version>14.0</o:Version>
</o:DocumentProperties>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Normal</w:View>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves/>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:DoNotPromoteQF/>
<w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther>
<w:LidThemeAsian>JA</w:LidThemeAsian>
<w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/>
<w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/>
<w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/>
<w:OverrideTableStyleHps/>
<w:UseFELayout/>
</w:Compatibility>
<m:mathPr>
<m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/>
<m:brkBin m:val="before"/>
<m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/>
<m:smallFrac m:val="off"/>
<m:dispDef/>
<m:lMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:rMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/>
<m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/>
<m:intLim m:val="subSup"/>
<m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/>
</m:mathPr></w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
DefSemiHidden="true" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"
LatentStyleCount="276">
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Normal"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="heading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="35" QFormat="true" Name="caption"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="10" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="22" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="59" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Table Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Placeholder Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Revision"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="List Paragraph"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" Name="Bibliography"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/>
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<!--EndFragment--><br />
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US"><i>Kinanâskomtinanawaw<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US"><i>wâpimahihkan</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNoteLevel1CxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-US"><i>(White Wolf)</i></span></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14762861734768640163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-46707148643577928892016-07-11T17:55:00.003-06:002016-07-11T17:55:59.251-06:00IF YOU CHOOSE TO LOVE AN AWAKENED WOMAN<header class="entry-header" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 17px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; font-family: 'Cherry Swash', sans-serif; font-size: 2.6em; font-weight: 400; line-height: 57.459999084472656px; margin: 0px;">
If You Choose an Awakened Woman~</h1>
<div class="entry-meta" style="border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 20px; padding-top: 20px;">
<span class="posted-on" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; display: inline-block; font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 25.5px; text-transform: uppercase;">ON <a href="https://sacreddreamsinspiration.wordpress.com/2015/10/22/awakened-woman/" rel="bookmark" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #ca2017; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2015-10-22T02:57:43+00:00" style="box-sizing: inherit;">OCTOBER 22, 2015</time></a></span><span class="byline" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; display: inline; font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 25.5px; text-transform: uppercase;"> BY <span class="author vcard" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a class="url fn n" href="https://sacreddreamsinspiration.wordpress.com/author/robinelisabeth/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #ca2017; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">ROBIN</a></span></span><span class="cat-links" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #666666; display: inline-block; font-size: 0.75em; font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 25.5px; text-transform: uppercase;">IN <a href="https://sacreddreamsinspiration.wordpress.com/category/divine-energies/" rel="category tag" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #ca2017; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;">DIVINE ENERGIES</a></span></div>
</header><div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 1.05em; margin: 50px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 1.5em;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-51YkNx8tROM/V4Qwzi6hB4I/AAAAAAAACtQ/59gXWKoOIa08m7IDG44r_awc17CuAK9TACKgB/s1600/1a1x.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-51YkNx8tROM/V4Qwzi6hB4I/AAAAAAAACtQ/59gXWKoOIa08m7IDG44r_awc17CuAK9TACKgB/s640/1a1x.jpg" width="440" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;">
Original Post on October 22, 2015 by Robin in Devine Energies</div>
<div style="text-align: start;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: start;">
<a href="https://sacreddreamsinspiration.wordpress.com/2015/10/22/awakened-woman/">https://sacreddreamsinspiration.wordpress.com/2015/10/22/awakened-woman/</a></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="entry-content" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #111111; font-family: Alegreya, serif; font-size: 1.05em; margin: 50px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 1.5em;">
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
IF YOU CHOOSE TO LOVE AN AWAKENED WOMAN~~</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
If you choose to love an awakened woman, understand that you are entering into new, radical and challenging territory.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
If you choose to love an awakened woman, you cannot stay asleep.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
If you choose to love an awakened woman, every part of your Soul will be aroused, not just your sexual organs or even your heart.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
Frankly, if you prefer a normal life, stick with a normal girl.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
If you want a tame life, seek only a woman who has allowed herself to be tamed.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
If you only want to dip your toe into the flowing waters of Shakti, stay with the safe, tamed woman who has not yet plunged into the wildness of the Sacred Feminine ocean.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
It is comfortable to love a woman who has not yet activated her inner sacred powers, because she does not push your buttons.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
She will not challenge you.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
She will not press you into becoming your highest Self.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
She will not awaken the forgotten and numbed-out parts of your Spirit that urge you to remember that there is more to your Life here than this.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
She will not look into your weary eyes and send a lightning bolt of Truth through your body, jolting you awake and stirring long-lost desires for Soul Love within you.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
A safe, unawakened woman will be wonderfully satisfying and soothing to your ego, heart, and body. She will walk quietly beside you and make you feel needed, responsible, like you are fulfilling your manly role.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
If this is enough for you then accept it, love her with all your heart, remain faithful to her and thank her daily for the gift of her mild, unthreatening feminine presence in your life.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
If this is not enough for you – if your heart, body and spirit is only craving the ‘other kind of woman’, the Wild One – then know that you are on the cusp of Soul-Shifting transformation.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
Know that you are making a serious choice with karmic consequences.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
If you choose to step into the aura and body of a woman whose spiritual fires are blazing, you are accepting that you need a certain level of danger and risk in order to grow.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
Once you begin to love a woman of this nature, you must accept total responsibility for the life-changes that will then ensue.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
Your life will not be sleepily comfortable all the time. Your life will not allow you to stay stuck in old ruts and stagnant routines. Your life will take on a radically-new flavour and scent. You will be ignited by the presence of the Wild Feminine, and it will begin to send electric shockwaves of spiritual Light through your entire chakra system, attuning you to the Call of the Divine.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
Choosing to be sexually and romantically-intimate with an awakened woman takes masculine courage to walk fearlessly into the Unknown. But it will reap rewards beyond your mind’s comprehension.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
She will take you into undiscovered worlds of mystery and magic.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
She will lead you, mesmerised and half-drunk with love, into the wild forests of sensual ecstasy and wonder.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
She will show you sacred skies so full and burning with stars that you will start to wonder if you are still living on the same planet that you were born on.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
She will break and tear you open so that your fierce, passionate heart drives you half-mad with longing. You will want to consume and penetrate her on every level so that your Masculine Essence can consume and penetrate the world – illuminating the Universe with your devoted Love.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
She will see you like you’ve never been seen before.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
She will trust you.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
She will appreciate you.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
She will acknowledge your efforts to make her happy.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
She will value everything good that you do, and everything good that you are.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
She will not run from your darkness, because your darkness does not scare her.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
She will embrace, kiss, caress and love you back to Life. She will speak words that your Soul understands. She will not punish you for your mistakes.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
It is a monumental risk to love an awakened woman, because there is suddenly no place to hide. She sees everything, therefore she can love you with a depth and presence that your heart and body have yearned for so hard, so long, so fiercely…that you wonder whether you have actually been alive for all the time that she has been away.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
Loving a woman like this is a choice you make to start living with your Soul on fire.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
Your life will never be the same again once you’ve invited her energy in.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
Take this risk on yourself, or step back, stay with the normal girl and accept a different, safer, more comfortable and somewhat calmer life.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
Just make sure that if you choose the latter, you don’t spend the rest of your days with your eyes looking back over your shoulder, straining to see once again the hazy vision of Feminine Mystery that has now disappeared from view.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
She has long gone..spiralling back up to the Stars, the distant Galaxies and the Heavens…from where She came.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
~Sophie Bashford</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.344999313354492px; margin-bottom: 1.5em;">
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/sophiebashfordintuitive" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; box-sizing: inherit; color: #ca2017; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; word-wrap: break-word;">www.facebook.com/sophiebashfordintuitive</a></div>
</div>
Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-7815557727678909562016-06-17T16:33:00.001-06:002016-06-17T16:33:36.814-06:00Peaceful demonstration to mark election day on Saddle Lake Cree Nation<div class="news-timestamp" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
Tuesday, June 14th, 2016 1:05pm</div>
<div class="news-image" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: right; color: #444444; float: right; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 300px;">
<img alt="" src="http://mm.aiircdn.com/262/195469.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 300px;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; margin: 2px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Saddle Lake Cree Nation Councillor Shannon Houle: leading a demonstration for Idle No More. (File photo) </span></div>
<div class="news-abstract" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
Shannon Houle, a name synonymous in Alberta with the Idle No More movement, will not be running for a second term as councillor for the Saddle Lake Cree Nation – despite filing her nomination paper for the June 1 deadline. The election is scheduled for June 15.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
By Shari Narine<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Sweetgrass Contributing Editor<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />SADDLE LAKE CREE NATION</div>
ORIGINAL NEWS COVERAGE: <a href="http://www.windspeaker.com/news/sweetgrass-news/peaceful-demonstration-to-mark-election-day-on-saddle-lake-cree-nation/">http://www.windspeaker.com/news/sweetgrass-news/peaceful-demonstration-to-mark-election-day-on-saddle-lake-cree-nation/</a><br />
<br />
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
Shannon Houle, a name synonymous in Alberta with the Idle No More movement, will not be running for a second term as councillor for the Saddle Lake Cree Nation – despite filing her nomination paper for the June 1 deadline.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
“I’ve been given no explanation why I can’t run,” said Houle. “I feel as if I’m being targeted.”</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
The election is scheduled for June 15.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
All other seven councillors and Chief Leonard Jackson successfully filed their nomination papers.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
Houle is one of 10 people, who had their nominations rejected by what she calls an “unofficial appeal committee.” Members volunteered to sit on the appeal committee and were not appointed by council. Houle says she had to find out through other channels that her nomination had been rejected. She also noted that she has been unable to reach electoral officer Ron Lameman to express her concerns or to get his ruling.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
Houle can’t understand why her nomination has been rejected, because if the basis is the custom election process used by Saddle Lake Cree Nation then Houle’s nomination three years ago shouldn’t have stood either.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
According to the custom election, those who serve on council must reside on the First Nation and not be involved in a common-law relationship.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
Houle has two family residences on the Saddle Lake Cree Nation – although one has been condemned in the past year and a half – and she has had the same common-law partner for the past 17 years. They were joined in ceremony by an Elder.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
In 2013, five complaints were filed against Houle’s nomination. She pleaded her case to the electoral officer and her nomination was allowed. She was elected.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
According to Dr. James Makokis that set a precedent and there was no reason to believe that Houle could not run for a second term.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
But more than that, he says, the custom election followed by the First Nation is antiquated and needs to change.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
“They’re not our <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">nehiyaw wiyasiwewina</em>, which is our own Cree laws. They’re actually <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Indian Act</em>policies that our people were forced to create under duress at that time. So some of those that exist are very discriminatory,” said Makokis.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
He points to the fact that 50 per cent of First Nations members live off reserve, a necessity for a number of reasons, including lack of adequate housing on the reserve and the desire to pursue higher education. Members who live off reserve can vote.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
Makokis has joined Houle, as well as three other people, whose nominations were rejected – Greg Cardinal, Louise Large, and Valerie Steinhauer – in organizing a peaceful protest on Wednesday.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
“Our immediate goal is to be reinstated. That way we have a choice and opportunity and the people have a choice and opportunity to vote,” said Houle. “We want this issue finally addressed and dealt with and no longer waiting for the hope of another council…. We’ve been doing this for too long.”</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
However, changing the custom election will not be an easy feat. Agreement on changes has to come from members from both the Saddle Lake Cree Nation and the Whitefish Lake Nation, which each have their own land base. At one point, the two First Nations were together, but in the 1970s two Chiefs were elected and two councils created. But as they are recognized as one Nation under the Indian Act, they must have joint council meetings and issues such as elections, land-base and membership, must be jointly decided.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
Houle says working on the custom election had been on her agenda during this past term, but Whitefish Lake First Nation’s attention was focused on court action to separate from Saddle Lake Cree Nation. It was unsuccessful.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
Makokis sees changing the custom election as a vital step to the First Nation’s survival.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
“As a concerned physician, who’s worked in our nations from 2013 to 2015, seeing the conditions that our people live in and are suffering through, I am worried about the health of our people, the prosperity of our people, the well-being of our people, if well-informed, qualified candidates, and our own relations, are continued to be excluded from participating in what is supposed to be a democratic process,” he said.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
Restoring Harmony in Our Nation, as Houle and Makokis’s group is called, is about bringing back Cree ways and bring attention to procedural irregularities in the present custom election system.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px;">
The demonstration walk will begin at 8 a.m. starting from the Bison Auto Gas Station and ending at the Ayiwakes Hall, where voters are marking their ballots.</div>
Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-86763793153576497772016-03-27T03:12:00.001-06:002016-03-27T03:12:08.289-06:00Two Years Later and BILL C-33 FNCFNEA is not lawIt has been two years later and out of all the bills the Conservative pushed through at a historically fast rate, some illegally like C-27 First Nations Financial Transparency Act and more, the First Nations Control of First Nation Education Act Bill C-33 is still the only bill that did not receive Royal Assent from the Crown's state of Canada.<div><br></div><div>However, even though it was put on "hold" in parliament it is still not removed. "Be Aware and Beware"...as former Conservatives said, "we will work with willing partners..." - translation: we will do divide and conquer and get the First Nations to break treaty by entering into other agreement without ever honouring those Internationally Recognized Sovereign to Sovereign Treaties made with the Crown and the Indigenous Nations!</div><div><br></div><div><b>"BE AWARE & BEWARE!</b></div><div><br></div><div>Shannon Houle: Personal Reaction of the First Nations Education Annoucement </div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIcMqf3I8o8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIcMqf3I8o8</a></div><div><div><br></div><div>http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/aboriginal/story/1.2534081</div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="headline" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 2s; transition: opacity 2s;"><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.231em;"><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cookie-cutter solutions for First Nations education won't work</span></h1></div><h3 class="deck" style="margin: 16px 0px; line-height: 1.333em; font-weight: normal;"></h3><h5 class="byline" style="margin: 16px 0px; line-height: 1.333em;"><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Angela Sterritt <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/cbc-news-online-news-staff-list-1.1294364" style="text-decoration: none;">CBC News</a></span></h5><h4 class="posted" style="margin: 16px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.333em;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Posted:Feb 12, 2014 5:42 PM ET</span></h4><h4 class="lastupdated" style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.333em;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Last Updated:Feb 12, 2014 10:36 PM ET</span></h4><div class="leadImageContainer" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 2s; transition: opacity 2s; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 196, 196); padding-bottom: 0.625em; margin-bottom: 0.625em;"><div class="leadImageMedia" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 2s; transition: opacity 2s;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img title="" height="168" alt="Twila Singer and two of her children attended Prime Minister Stephen Harper's announcement on First Nation education last week at the Kainai First Nation high school." width="300" src="http://i.cbc.ca/1.2534082.1392246122!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/16x9_300/twila-singer-and-kids.JPG" style="border: 0px; width: 304px; text-align: center;"></span></div><div class="leadImageCaption" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 2s; transition: opacity 2s;"><p style="line-height: 1.333em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twila Singer and two of her children attended Prime Minister Stephen Harper's announcement on First Nation education last week at the Kainai First Nation high school. <span class="credit">Twila Singer</span></span></p></div></div><div id="storyBody" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 2s; transition: opacity 2s; line-height: 1.5em;"><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twila Singer knows a thing or two about education on-reserve.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">All five of her children are part of the Kainai First Nation and went to school on the Blood Tribe Reserve – in Blackfoot territory – close to Stand Off in southern Alberta. Her eldest son is now in college and her youngest is in Grade 1.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So when Singer caught wind of a community event last week, where Prime Minister Stephen Harper was to announce a historic education agreement between the federal government and First Nations, she put her ear to the ground.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“No one knew what was going on, we were left in the dark," said Singer.</span></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/first-nations-to-get-more-control-over-education-ottawa-says-1.2527266" style="text-decoration: none;"><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">First Nations to get more control over education, Ottawa says</font></strong></a></li><li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal" style="text-decoration: none;"><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Visit the new CBC Aboriginal website</font></strong></a></li><li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/social-media-responds-to-new-first-nations-education-act-1.2528108" style="text-decoration: none;"><strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Social media responds to new First Nations Education Act</font></strong></a></li></ul><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Singer, who is part of the Blood Tribe's Idle No More group, had concerns regarding a potential announcement about the First Nations Education Act.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In a press release, Singer said, “We are concerned about how it will impact our treaty relationship and the promises made under treaty to respect our control over educating our children.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The release also publicized a peaceful rally outside the Kainai Nation High School, where Prime Minister Stephen Harper made his <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/first-nations-to-get-more-control-over-education-ottawa-says-1.2527266" style="text-decoration: none;">announcement related to First Nations education</a>. </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On the day of the event, Singer made the decision to go inside for the announcement.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"We just prayed and decided that it would be OK, it would be safe to go in," she said, but she didn’t expect what unfolded once they arrived inside.</span></p><h2 style="margin: 0px; line-height: 16.719999313354492px;"><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Blue dots for uninvited guests</span></h2><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We were separated at the door and given either a blue dot or a yellow dot. The blue dots were uninvited guests and were ushered to the gymnasium, and the invited guests were the yellow dots and they were brought to the auditorium where the dignitaries were.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Along with about 40 others in the gym, Singer and her daughters, aged seven and 17, viewed what was happening in the auditorium on TV monitors. At the end, the invited guests were directed to go to the gym for a feast.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">That’s when Singer was kicked out – for tweeting.</span></p><div class="figure col4width floatright" style="transition: opacity 2s; -webkit-transition: opacity 2s; float: right; line-height: 1.35em; margin: 20px 5px 5px 10px; width: 140px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="http://i.cbc.ca/1.2534128.1392847725!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/pm-stephen-harper-and-chief-weasel-head.jpg" alt="PM Stephen Harper and Chief Weasel Head" width="100%" style="border: 0px;"></span><p class="figure-caption"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Chief Charles Weasel Head at last week's announcement about changes to First Nation education. (Arnell Tailfeathers)</span></p></div><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I was so confused. Everyone around me was on their phone. My baby has never experienced violence or anger, she started to cry, so I left. In all honesty I was really embarrassed.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Then, her 17-year old daughter was asked to leave.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In a video posted online, Singer’s teen daughter, Bryn Taylor, is seen being confronted by three men, two standing in front of her, and one man at her side. The man on the side wraps his arm around her back for almost a minute, and then lifts her up by her arm. </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As people behind her shout “leave her alone” and “this is what my reconciliation looks like,” two men pick her up by each arm and she hits the floor, then they pick her up and escort her out.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Our families were in there, our people were in there, people who we love and interact with every day, and I think she was wanting somebody to say something,” said Singer.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She said the air of silence mixed with confusion captured the essence of the announcement about changes to the First Nations Education Act that day.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We didn't develop it, or have a referendum on it, we were left out of the loop,” she said.</span></p><h2 style="margin: 0px; line-height: 16.719999313354492px;"><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Lacking consultation </span></h2><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Blood Tribe and Kainai Board of Education also put out a press release on the day of the announcement that said the proposed act “has not met the Crown’s legal duty to consult and accommodate.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The release said the “proposed legislation is being forced on the Blood Tribe and it is similar to how the government assimilated Blood children through Indian residential schools.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But consultation is something the engineers of the proposed First Nations control of First Nations education act tout. According to the official website, the agreement is the result of “intensive consultations, discussions, dialogue and studies.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It stated that “the first phase included eight consultation sessions across Canada, more than 30 video and teleconference sessions, and online consultation activities, was completed in May 2013."</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Arnell Tailfeathers, who was at the announcement as an invited guest in a media capacity tweeted to @CBC_Aboriginal, “Treaty 7 chiefs had a teleconference with Valcourt in Calgary. Valcourt hung up on them after he was done speaking.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For Saddle Lake councillor Shannon Houle, the federal government’s assertion of consultation could not be further from the truth. </span></p><div class="figure col4width floatright" style="transition: opacity 2s; -webkit-transition: opacity 2s; float: right; line-height: 1.35em; margin: 20px 5px 5px 10px; width: 140px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="http://i.cbc.ca/1.2534123.1392228000!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/original_300/shannon-houle.JPG" alt="Shannon Houle" width="100%" style="border: 0px;"></span><p class="figure-caption"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Shannon Houle, of Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, attended the First Nations Education Act announcement at the Kainai High School last Friday. She was invited as a proxy. (Shannon Houle)</span></p></div><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“In reality we haven't even been briefed on this, we haven't sat down with the prime minister as a nation,” she said.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We do hold treaty and the AFN doesn’t not have the jurisdiction to do treaty for us, they just don’t. We have never given up that jurisdiction.” </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Houle drove eight hours from the Saddle Lake Cree Nation in central Alberta to attend Harper's announcement as an invited guest.</span></p><div class="figure col4width floatright" style="transition: opacity 2s; -webkit-transition: opacity 2s; float: right; line-height: 1.35em; margin: 20px 5px 5px 10px; width: 140px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="http://i.cbc.ca/1.2534273.1392232620!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/protest-outside-fnea-announcement.jpg" alt="Protest outside FNEA announcement" width="100%" style="border: 0px;"></span><p class="figure-caption"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A protest took place outside the high school where an announcement was being made about the First Nation Education Act. (Arnell Tailfeathers)</span></p></div><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She was seated right behind Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo’sfamily.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Houle said during the ceremony to “seal the deal,” she stood up, put her right hand to her heart, raised her left fist in the air and said, “Chief Atleo, on behalf of my nation, as a descendant of Treaty 6 signatory signer of Chief Pakan, I am telling you right now I and my nation object and have opposed the First Nations Education Act and you have no right to speak on our behalf.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">She said Atleo responded by saying he agreed that not everyone has been consulted.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Shortly after, she said she was asked by local band members to leave the building.</span></p><blockquote class="pullquote" style="line-height: 1.333em; font-style: italic; margin: 16px 8px; padding: 48px 32px; background-image: url(http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/img/quote_left.png), url(http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/img/quote_right.png); clear: both; background-position: 0% 0%, 100% 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat, no-repeat;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="pullquote-quotation">'Chief Atleo, on behalf of my nation, as a descendant of Treaty 6 signatory signer of Chief Pakan, I am telling you right now, I and my nation object and have opposed the First Nations Education Act and you have no right to speak on our behalf.'</span> <cite class="pullquote-source">- Shannon Houle, Saddle Lake Cree Nation</cite></span></blockquote><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Houle says her First Nation has always rejected the First Nations Education Act, but proposed changes cause her more concern.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“If you look at other education administrators off-reserve and compare to the ones on- reserve, you will see that they already have to report two to three times more.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">According to the <a href="http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2014/02/07/first-nations-control-first-nations-education-act" style="text-decoration: none;">First Nations Control of First Nations Education website</a>, “the legislation will improve transparency and promote accountability by establishing clear roles and responsibilities for First Nation education administrators, and annual reporting requirements.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But Houle says those reporting mechanisms are already in place, and worries how often third party management will be called in.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Houle and others also have concerns that the new legislation will impose provincial off-reserve education standards that will supersede traditional and cultural teachings and education.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">According to the FNCFNE website, “the legislation will require that First Nation schools teach a core curriculum that meets or exceeds provincial standards, that students meet minimum attendance requirements, that teachers are properly certified, and that First Nation schools award widely recognized diplomas or certificates.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Houle says her people will be implementing their own education system, regardless of any federal legislation pushed though.</span></p><h2 style="margin: 0px; line-height: 16.719999313354492px;"><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Self-determined First Nations education</span></h2><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Our vision is for us to teach our language, our culture, but all taught in our language," she said. "We will incorporate the curriculum that’s required in society, for further education, however, we need to teach it in our way, the way our people have always learned for thousands of years.”</span></p><div class="figure col4width floatright" style="transition: opacity 2s; -webkit-transition: opacity 2s; float: right; line-height: 1.35em; margin: 20px 5px 5px 10px; width: 140px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="http://i.cbc.ca/1.1568280.1379050572!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_300/native-education-300-027884.jpg" alt="native-education-300-027884" width="100%" style="border: 0px;"></span><p class="figure-caption"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ottawa school children rally on behalf of First Nations education on Parliament Hill in June 2012. (Sean Kilpatrick / Canadian Press)</span></p></div><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Houle says as a youth she went to an alternative school because the mainstream school system failed her. She now has two post-secondary degrees, one in arts and sciences, and the other in education.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We have the highest post-secondary graduates in our community, and many of those have gone through alternative programs.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Singer attributes the increase in graduation rates on the Blood reserve to a Blackfoot immersion program on the reserve. She said it’s kids who attended that kind of schooling who are succeeding in higher education. </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Singer said creating cookie-cutter solutions for First Nations is not going to work.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Nobody else can decide what education is best for us but us, for every nation and I think it should be tailored to each nation and their belief.”</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">While she said she and her family are still shaken up and recovering from what happened at the FNEAannouncement event, she’s not afraid to speak out again.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“I just want to tell people to keep speaking up. If you know something is wrong speak up, because you are encouraging one more person to stand up, and eventually there will be enough people standing up that will make things right,” she said.</span></p></div><div id="sharetools" gigid="showShareBarUI" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 2s; transition: opacity 2s; visibility: visible; width: 414px;"><div class="gig-bar-container gig-share-bar-container" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 2s; transition: opacity 2s; overflow: hidden;"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none;"><tr style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none;"><td style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; vertical-align: bottom; zoom: 1;"><div class="gig-button-container gig-button-container-count-none gig-button-container-facebook gig-button-container-facebook-count-none gig-share-button-container gig-button-container-horizontal" style="transition: opacity 2s; -webkit-transition: opacity 2s; border: none; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;"><div class="gig-button gig-share-button gig-button-up gig-button-count-none" id="sharetools-reaction0" title="" alt="" style="transition: opacity 2s; -webkit-transition: opacity 2s; border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; cursor: pointer;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none;"><tr style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><td id="sharetools-reaction0-left" style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none;"></td><td id="sharetools-reaction0-icon" style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; zoom: 1; vertical-align: middle; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat;"><div id="sharetools-reaction0-facebook_img" style="transition: opacity 2s; -webkit-transition: opacity 2s; border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 25px; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: url(http://cdn3.gigya.com/gs/GetSprite.ashx?path=%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2Fmobile%2Fbutton%5Bleft%2Cright%5DImg%5Bup%5D.png%7C5%2C35%5E%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2Fmobile%2FrightCountImg.png%7C45%2C35%5E%2Fsharebar%2Ficons%2Fmobile%2F%5Bfacebook%2Ctwitter%2Cgoogle%2Cemail%5D.png%7C25%2C25); -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; height: 25px; line-height: 25px; position: static; background-position: -55px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"></div></td><td id="sharetools-reaction0-right" style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none;"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td><td style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; vertical-align: bottom; zoom: 1;"><div class="gig-button-container gig-button-container-count-none gig-button-container-twitter gig-button-container-twitter-count-none gig-share-button-container gig-button-container-horizontal" style="transition: opacity 2s; -webkit-transition: opacity 2s; border: none; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;"><div class="gig-button gig-share-button gig-button-up gig-button-count-none" id="sharetools-reaction1" title="" alt="" style="transition: opacity 2s; -webkit-transition: opacity 2s; border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; cursor: pointer;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none;"><tr style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><td id="sharetools-reaction1-left" style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none;"></td><td id="sharetools-reaction1-icon" style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; zoom: 1; vertical-align: middle; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat;"><div id="sharetools-reaction1-twitter_img" style="transition: opacity 2s; -webkit-transition: opacity 2s; border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 25px; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: url(http://cdn3.gigya.com/gs/GetSprite.ashx?path=%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2Fmobile%2Fbutton%5Bleft%2Cright%5DImg%5Bup%5D.png%7C5%2C35%5E%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2Fmobile%2FrightCountImg.png%7C45%2C35%5E%2Fsharebar%2Ficons%2Fmobile%2F%5Bfacebook%2Ctwitter%2Cgoogle%2Cemail%5D.png%7C25%2C25); -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; height: 25px; line-height: 25px; position: static; background-position: -80px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"></div></td><td id="sharetools-reaction1-right" style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none;"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td><td style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; vertical-align: bottom; zoom: 1;"><div class="gig-button-container gig-button-container-count-none gig-button-container-google-plusone gig-button-container-google-plusone-count-none gig-share-button-container gig-button-container-horizontal" style="transition: opacity 2s; -webkit-transition: opacity 2s; border: none; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;"><div id="sharetools-reaction2" style="transition: opacity 2s; -webkit-transition: opacity 2s; border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; line-height: 1px;"><div id="___plusone_0" style="transition: opacity 2s; -webkit-transition: opacity 2s; border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 38px; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; height: 24px; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><iframe frameborder="0" hspace="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" tabindex="0" vspace="0" width="100%" id="I0_1459068373832" name="I0_1459068373832" src="https://apis.google.com/se/0/_/+1/fastbutton?usegapi=1&size=standard&annotation=none&width=&hl=en&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fm%2Ftouch%2Faboriginal%2Fstory%2F1.2534081&gsrc=3p&ic=1&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Doz.gapi.en_GB.pRHYk7acxyc.O%2Fm%3D__features__%2Fam%3DAQ%2Frt%3Dj%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAGLTcCOiEC-cozLZ30rEvZ7gSchR_2EJbQ#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh%2Conload&id=I0_1459068373832&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca&pfname=&rpctoken=36924527" data-gapiattached="true" title="+1" style="border-style: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 38px; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; position: static; top: 0px; left: 0px; visibility: visible; height: 24px;"></iframe></div></div></div></td><td style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; vertical-align: bottom; zoom: 1;"><div class="gig-button-container gig-button-container-count-none gig-button-container-email gig-button-container-email-count-none gig-share-button-container gig-button-container-horizontal" style="transition: opacity 2s; -webkit-transition: opacity 2s; border: none; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;"><div class="gig-button gig-share-button gig-button-up gig-button-count-none" id="sharetools-reaction3" title="" alt="" style="transition: opacity 2s; -webkit-transition: opacity 2s; border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; cursor: pointer;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none;"><tr style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><td id="sharetools-reaction3-left" style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none;"></td><td id="sharetools-reaction3-icon" style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; zoom: 1; vertical-align: middle; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat;"><div id="sharetools-reaction3-email_img" style="transition: opacity 2s; -webkit-transition: opacity 2s; border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 25px; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: url(http://cdn3.gigya.com/gs/GetSprite.ashx?path=%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2Fmobile%2Fbutton%5Bleft%2Cright%5DImg%5Bup%5D.png%7C5%2C35%5E%2FshareBar%2Fbutton%2Fmobile%2FrightCountImg.png%7C45%2C35%5E%2Fsharebar%2Ficons%2Fmobile%2F%5Bfacebook%2Ctwitter%2Cgoogle%2Cemail%5D.png%7C25%2C25); -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none; height: 25px; line-height: 25px; position: static; background-position: -130px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"></div></td><td id="sharetools-reaction3-right" style="border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: auto; float: none; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; background-image: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -webkit-user-select: none;"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div id="extramobile" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 2s; transition: opacity 2s;"><div id="storyextra" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 2s; transition: opacity 2s; float: left; width: 393.296875px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(230, 230, 230);"><h3 style="margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Related</span></h3><div id="interlinks" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 2s; transition: opacity 2s;"><dl><dt><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/aboriginal/story/1.2534518" style="text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Blue dots becoming symbol for First Nations Education Act resistance</font></a></dt></dl></div></div></div></div>Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-34254562620113066332016-01-14T01:18:00.000-07:002016-04-24T14:26:28.262-06:00Shannon M Houle on Women as Leaders within Society<div id="watch-headline-title" style="border: 0px; display: table; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; table-layout: fixed; width: 824px;">
<h1 class="yt watch-title-container" style="border: 0px; color: #222222; display: table-cell; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 13px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 824px; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span class="watch-title " dir="ltr" id="eow-title" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Shannon Houle Interview by Adeline Large">Shannon Houle Interview by Adeline Large</span></h1>
</div>
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/StU_O53N_i0" width="560"></iframe><br />
<br />
<div id="watch-uploader-info" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<span class="watch-time-text" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;">Published on Sep 6, 2015</span></div>
<div class="" id="watch-description-text" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<div id="eow-description" style="border: 0px; padding: 0px;">
</div>
</div>
<div id="watch-description-extras" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">
<ul class="watch-extras-section" style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<li class="watch-meta-item " style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><h4 class="title" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 11px; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100px;">
Category</h4>
<ul class="content watch-info-tag-list" style="border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">
<li style="border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a class="yt-uix-sessionlink g-hovercard spf-link " data-sessionlink="ei=E1aXVsLRIdKM-QP-3aHYDA" data-ytid="UC1vGae2Q3oT5MkhhfW8lwjg" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1vGae2Q3oT5MkhhfW8lwjg" style="border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">People & Blogs</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="watch-meta-item " style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><h4 class="title" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 11px; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100px;">
License</h4>
<ul class="content watch-info-tag-list" style="border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">
<li style="border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Standard YouTube License</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="watch-meta-item yt-uix-expander-body" style="border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><h4 class="title" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 11px; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100px;">
Music</h4>
<ul class="content watch-info-tag-list" style="border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">
<li style="border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">"Waniska" by Iskwew Singers ()</li>
<li style="border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><ul class="content watch-info-tag-list" style="border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">Artwork: "Our SIsters in Spirit" Mary Jane Houle</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="watch-meta-item " style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><h4 class="title" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 11px; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100px;">
Hyperlink</h4>
<ul class="content watch-info-tag-list" style="border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">
<li style="border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a class="yt-uix-sessionlink g-hovercard spf-link " data-sessionlink="ei=E1aXVsLRIdKM-QP-3aHYDA" data-ytid="UC1vGae2Q3oT5MkhhfW8lwjg" href="https://youtu.be/StU_O53N_i0" style="border: 0px; color: #167ac6; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;" target="_blank">Youtube Address</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="watch-meta-item " style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><h4 class="title" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 11px; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100px;">
Duration</h4>
<ul class="content watch-info-tag-list" style="border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">30:38</ul>
</li>
<li class="watch-meta-item yt-uix-expander-body" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><h4 class="title" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 11px; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100px;">
Location of Recording</h4>
<ul class="content watch-info-tag-list" style="border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">
<li style="border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Saddle Lake Cree Nation, Eagles Nest Healing Lodge</li>
</ul>
<ul class="content watch-info-tag-list" style="border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">
<li style="border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.saddlelake.ca/">www.saddlelake.ca</a> </li>
<li style="border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></li>
<li><br /></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-89931738830146471012016-01-13T21:23:00.000-07:002016-01-13T21:59:06.504-07:00Alberta Native News: Alberta ASETS forum hosted by SIAFN sees collaboration among Treaty Nations<h1 class="title" style="border: 0px; color: rgb(77, 77, 77) !important; font-family: Kreon, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/alberta-asets-forum-sees-collaboration-among-treaty-nations/" target="_blank">Alberta ASETS forum sees collaboration among Treaty Nations</a></h1>
<div>
Originally printed in December 2015 Edition Volume 32 Number 12</div>
<div class="post-meta" style="background-image: url(http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/themes/Aggregate/images/meta-separator.png); background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 8px 0px 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<div class="meta-info" style="background-image: url(http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/themes/Aggregate/images/meta-separator.png); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: -2px; outline: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Posted by <a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/author/admin/" rel="author" style="border: 0px; color: #8c9c9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Posts by admin">admin</a> on Dec 23, 2015 in </div>
<div class="meta-info" style="background-image: url(http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/themes/Aggregate/images/meta-separator.png); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: -2px; outline: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/category/business/" rel="category tag" style="border: 0px; color: #8c9c9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Business</a>, <a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/category/education-and-training/careers/" rel="category tag" style="border: 0px; color: #8c9c9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Careers</a>, <a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/category/gatherings/conferences/" rel="category tag" style="border: 0px; color: #8c9c9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Conferences</a>, <a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/category/education-and-training/" rel="category tag" style="border: 0px; color: #8c9c9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Education, Training</a>, <a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/category/columnists/john-copley/" rel="category tag" style="border: 0px; color: #8c9c9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">John Copley</a>, <a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/category/education-and-training/training-programs/" rel="category tag" style="border: 0px; color: #8c9c9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Training Programs</a> | <a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/alberta-asets-forum-sees-collaboration-among-treaty-nations/#respond" style="border: 0px; color: #8c9c9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">0 comments</a></div>
</div>
<div class="thumb" style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; float: left; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 5px 14px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">
<img alt="Alberta ASETS forum sees collaboration among Treaty Nations" class="single-thumb" src="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/et_temp/wSIAFN-Executive-Director-Charlene-Bruno-90437_200x200.jpg" height="200px" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="200px" /><span class="overlay" style="background-image: url(http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/themes/Aggregate/images/single-overlay.png) !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat !important; border: 0px; display: block; height: 201px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 201px;"></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
by John Copley</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
(ANNews) – The first and so far only winter storm to hit the Capital Region this season did so on November 24, and though it caused a minor delay to the start of the two-day 2015 Alberta ASETS Forum, it didn’t put a damper on the spirits of the many people who attended the event, some driving through the snow from as far away as the Blood Reserve in southern Alberta.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
The employment strategies symposium was organized, co-sponsored and hosted by the <b><a href="http://www.siafn.com/" target="_blank">Six Independent Alberta (Treaty 6) First Nations Society (SIAFN)</a></b>; other sponsors included the Tribal Chiefs Employment and Training Services, NAIT, Interior Heavy Equipment, YTED ASETS, Service Canada and the Government of Alberta.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_5213" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #48423f; float: right; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 419px;">
<a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wl-r-Treaty-6-Grand-Chief-Chief-Tony-Alexis-Gina-Potts-COO-of-A3-Limited-SIAFN-Executive-Director-Charlene-Bruno-and-Derantech-President-MIke-Deranger.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #00b7f3; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="(l-r) Treaty 6 Grand Chief Chief Tony Alexis, Gina Potts COO of A3 Limited, SIAFN Executive Director Charlene Bruno and Derantech President MIke Deranger." class=" wp-image-5213" src="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wl-r-Treaty-6-Grand-Chief-Chief-Tony-Alexis-Gina-Potts-COO-of-A3-Limited-SIAFN-Executive-Director-Charlene-Bruno-and-Derantech-President-MIke-Deranger.jpg" height="307" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="409" /></a><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">
(l-r) Treaty 6 Grand Chief Chief Tony Alexis, Gina Potts COO of A3 Limited, SIAFN Executive Director Charlene Bruno and Derantech President Mike Deranger.</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
“This year’s Forum was very successful,” noted SIAFN Executive Director Charlene Bruno, who said the 2015 event, the first since 2012, “drew more than 120 professionals, business leaders and Chiefs from across Treaties 6, 7 and 8.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Bruno said the November 24-25 Forum, held at the Double Tree by Hilton, “provides an ideal opportunity” for the province’s “three Treaty Groups to collaborate, share best practices, discuss upcoming opportunities and showcase First Nation businesses, entrepreneurs and employment strategies/partnerships. It is an excellent opportunity for our Nations to network and exchange ideas on what’s working in our programming. ASETS plays a vital role in our communities in that it works to increase self sufficiency.”</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_5214" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #48423f; float: left; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 237px;">
<a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wSIAFN-Society-President-Shannon-Houle.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #00b7f3; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="SIAFN Society President Shannon Houle." class=" wp-image-5214" src="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wSIAFN-Society-President-Shannon-Houle.jpg" height="302" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="227" /></a><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">
SIAFN Society President Shannon Houle</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
“All Aboriginal Skills Employment and Training Strategy Stakeholders play an essential role in our communities to get our people trained and transitioned into employment,” noted SIAFN President Shannon Houle. “With more than 20 years of ASETS experience and challenges we are all well aware of the three pillars of success that ASETS is founded on – ensuring demand-driven skills development, forming partnerships with private sectors, provinces and territories and emphasizing greater accountability to achieve the best possible results. These pillars have their challenges, but as we serve the fastest growing population in Canada with the fullest potential and historically the hardest working population, I know and believe we can succeed because of the demand, diligence and dedication of hard-working people like you at the helm.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Houle spoke about her first employment opportunity noting that “I was just a young, naive and impressionable Nehiyaw woman trying to find her place in society” when she got a summer job via a sponsorship through the ASETS partnership at the local human resources office, “now known as the <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SLCNETC/" target="_blank">Saddle Lake Training and Employment Centre</a></b>.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
She spoke about the important role that employers, sponsors, mentors, Elders and others have when it comes to working with young people seeking their first encounter in the working world.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
“My first job wasn’t a glamorous job; picking up garbage and helping to beautify our local lakes, beach and camping area. At 15 the only joy was being outside in the sun and being with my peers. When I got my first cheque I was so proud and excited – my own money that I worked for – like any teenager I spent that first cheque foolishly. It was empowering, it was liberating, and it gave me a sense of freedom. I know many of you are working with youth and older adults trying to find their way – but remembering those powerful feelings” of earning that first cheque “reminds me about the important role that you all play in being a part of an experience that helps to empower, guide and see (our young people) succeed.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
“You all play such an important role in so many lives and for some, their first interaction with you is what helps them reach for their goals because a job is more than that; it’s a career – a place where many of us spend at least eight hours a day and sometimes more hours in a day than we spend with our families and friends. That’s why your roles are so crucial. The message I want to share with you is that as our people face old challenges and take on new ones in this ever-changing economic climate, they need you to help them find their place so they can fulfill their role in society. We have to always remember where we come from and where we want to go. Before contact we were a 100 percent working people; with your help and the help of people like you, we can get there once again.”</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_5215" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #48423f; float: left; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 289px;">
<a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/webTreaty-6-Grand-Chief-Chief-Tony-Alexis.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #00b7f3; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Treaty 6 Grand Chief Tony Alexis" class=" wp-image-5215" src="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/webTreaty-6-Grand-Chief-Chief-Tony-Alexis.jpg" height="357" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="279" /></a><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Treaty 6 Grand Chief Tony Alexis</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Treaty 6 Grand Chief Tony Alexis talked about the important work being done in the communities to ensure that people are being trained and mentored and the significance of passing along ideas and strategies to the leaders and Chiefs of the communities so they in turn can fight for better conditions, better resources and better opportunities than what is now available.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
“Filter your information and findings across to your leaders so they can be more effective in negotiations with government. Right now the way it works is that government is going to decide what the best strategy is going to be, how much money they have, how many resources they will offer and then say ‘that’s what’s available – work with it.’ That’s the way government has operated since the residential school days and the 60s Scoop. They continue to say they have the best answer – ‘we’ve studied all your data and from that data we are going to contribute x-number of dollars to build your community’ – all without realizing how it works in the community. They look at the numbers, at the percentages of what it costs to get a person employed and then determine what that success factor is. When we look at it from the national level the Assembly of First Nations, our Chiefs should be bringing your information and input forward. Sometimes the government feels that Service Canada is not a treaty issue but the truth of the matter is that everything is, everything relates to who we are as a people. Everything relates to our ground, to our land, to our Elders.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_5230" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #48423f; float: right; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 346px;">
<a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wMelissa-Jacknife-and-Coreen-Youngchief-work-with-driver-education-program.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #00b7f3; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Melissa Jacknife and Coreen Youngchief work with driver education program." class="size-full wp-image-5230" src="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wMelissa-Jacknife-and-Coreen-Youngchief-work-with-driver-education-program.jpg" height="336" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="336" /></a><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Melissa Jacknife and Coreen Youngchief work with driver education program.</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
“To the government it’s about statistics, economics, commerce; to us it’s about the core of who we are; it begins with the Creator and the spirit of the people and the gifts we have as a people. It’s important as technicians that you get your information to your leaders, to the Chiefs and Councils so they can bring these arguments to the regional and national level. Right now we are not hearing what it is you need to fight for, what it is you need to stand for. As technicians I encourage you to continue to do the good work that you do in supporting and helping the people in your community – keep reaching out to them. Right now in our nations we are at a point where we are succeeding more than ever. If you focus on the negative you may not see it but if you look at the good stories you’ll see that we have evolved to a place that when the next opportunity comes to us, it is going to be good for all of us. Those here today are succeeding as are many others in our communities; today we need to encourage our people, we need to help them replenish the energy and the spirit that we have here today. We have more academic educators than ever and on top of that we have people who are practicing their culture, their languages and their songs. It’s a new beginning, it’s a new day and we are in a good place so let’s work together, move together and give thanks to one another as we move forward.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
The two-day event heard from numerous speakers and presenters representing organizations and companies that included the Alberta Indian Investment Corporation, Blood Tribe, Trade Winds and NEAAI, Interior Heavy Equipment Operator School, <a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/nautuasis-safety-services-offers-unique-job-training-initiatives/" style="border: 0px; color: #00b7f3; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nautuasis Safety Services</a>, <a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/derantechs-mike-deranger-a-man-of-vision-and-action/" style="border: 0px; color: #00b7f3; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Derantech Welding</a>, Junior Forest Rangers, Saddle Lake Employment and Training Maskwacis Employment Centre, Driftpile First Nation Training and Employment and more.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_5216" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #48423f; float: right; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 325px;">
<a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wSaddle-Lake-HR-Director-Andrew-Redcrow.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #00b7f3; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Saddle Lake HR Director Andrew Redcrow" class=" wp-image-5216" src="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wSaddle-Lake-HR-Director-Andrew-Redcrow.jpg" height="355" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="315" /></a><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Saddle Lake HR Director Andrew Redcrow</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
“Earlier this spring we were trying to find a way to bring additional training initiatives to our Saddle Lake community,” explained Andy Redcrow, Saddle Lake Cree Nation Director of Human Resources. “We wanted to provide some heavy equipment training and that is a very costly endeavour. We learned that there could be funding available from a Canada-Alberta Job Grant program and after speaking with the Saddle Lake administration and our Public Works department we came up with a proposal and applied for the grant.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Various departments and entities on the First Nation participated in the initiative and in mid-July the money was approved and training commenced two months later. The program was taken by 10 band members, all of whom passed. Eight are currently employed by Public Works and two others were hired elsewhere. The band provided two of the trainers; both had years of experience on heavy equipment. Interior Heavy Equipment School, with training sites in B.C and in Alberta provided the equipment and the extra trainers.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
“We trained 10 people,” noted Redcrow, “on equipment that included graders, caterpillars, scrapers, front-end loaders and gravel trucks. Our driver training program also taught classes and graduated two Class 3 drivers” who are now operating gravel trucks. The Canada-Alberta Job Grant paid for two-thirds of the training costs with the Saddle Lake First Nation picking up the rest of the tab.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
“We also wanted to train some of the people who work for administration,” added Redcrow, explaining that about 400 people are employed through Saddle Lake administration. “We looked at various options and in the end partnered with NAIT; some of our staff went on to take computer training as well as book-keeping and accounting.” Once the guidelines for funding were clear and fully understood, “it only took about a month to process the paperwork” and attain the grant.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_5217" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #48423f; float: left; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 421px;">
<a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wForum-participants-Sandee-Willier-and-Colleen-Courtoreille-work-with-employment-strategies-on-the-Driftpile-First-Nation.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #00b7f3; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Forum participants Sandee Willier and Colleen Courtoreille work with employment strategies on the Driftpile First Nation." class=" wp-image-5217" src="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wForum-participants-Sandee-Willier-and-Colleen-Courtoreille-work-with-employment-strategies-on-the-Driftpile-First-Nation.jpg" height="308" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="411" /></a><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Forum participants Sandee Willier and Colleen Courtoreille work with employment strategies on the Driftpile First Nation.</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Various employment and training program leaders were also on hand to talk about their policies and procedures; each was similar in what they do and what they offer.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Colleen Courtoreille said the programs and services available through Driftpile First Nation’s employment service “are geared toward strengthening clients, increasing independence and building strong support networks” to help facilitate the process. “The employment services motivate, assist and support individuals and work with them as they choose their occupational direction. We help our clients develop a career path and then help them to attain the skills they’ll need to find employment and maintain long-term stability.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
“I’d like to thank and applaud everyone who attended this year’s Alberta ASETS Forum,” said SIAFN President Shannon Houle. “Thank you for making this Forum a success and for sharing your community’s best practices. The opportunity to work together and learn together enables us all to walk away feeling fulfilled and accomplished. I wish you all warmth and joy during the upcoming holiday season.”</div>
Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-63083623272081811262016-01-12T21:58:00.000-07:002016-01-13T22:03:56.506-07:00Alberta Native News: Treaty 6 job fair features employment partnerships and career opportunities<br />
<h1 class="title" style="border: 0px; color: rgb(77, 77, 77) !important; font-family: Kreon, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/treaty-6-job-fair-features-employment-partnerships-and-opportunities/" target="_blank">Treaty 6 job fair features employment partnerships and career opportunities</a></h1>
<div>
Originally printed in November 2014</div>
<div class="post-meta" style="background-image: url(http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/themes/Aggregate/images/meta-separator.png); background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 8px 0px 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<div class="meta-info" style="background-image: url(http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/themes/Aggregate/images/meta-separator.png); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; color: white; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: -2px; outline: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 8px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Posted by <a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/author/admin/" rel="author" style="border: 0px; color: #8c9c9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Posts by admin">admin</a> on Nov 26, 2014 in <a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/category/education-and-training/careers/" rel="category tag" style="border: 0px; color: #8c9c9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Careers</a>, <a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/category/columnists/john-copley/" rel="category tag" style="border: 0px; color: #8c9c9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">John Copley</a>, <a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/category/education-and-training/training-programs/" rel="category tag" style="border: 0px; color: #8c9c9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Training Programs</a> | <a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/treaty-6-job-fair-features-employment-partnerships-and-opportunities/#respond" style="border: 0px; color: #8c9c9c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">0 comments</a></div>
</div>
<div class="thumb" style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; float: left; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 5px 14px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">
<img alt="Treaty 6 job fair features employment partnerships and career opportunities" class="single-thumb" src="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/et_temp/jobfair-88752_200x200.jpg" height="200px" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="200px" /><span class="overlay" style="background-image: url(http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/themes/Aggregate/images/single-overlay.png) !important; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat !important; border: 0px; display: block; height: 201px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 201px;"></span></div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Last month, Treaty Six Aboriginal Skills, Employment and Training Strategy (ASETS) agreement holders and partners hosted “the largest job fair in Alberta organized by First Nations for First Nations.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
The Treaty Six ASETS Employment Partnerships and Job Fair, held at the Ramada Inn on Kingsway Avenue in Edmonton on October 28-29, 2014, was a unique event that brought Treaty Six First Nations members together to meet with business, industry and educational institutions to explore career, employment and educational opportunities. The event also provided a venue for business and industry to network with First Nations leaders and entrepreneurs.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
The event got underway with an opening song performed by the Amiskwaciy Academy Drummers, led by Elder Francis Whiskeyjack and an opening prayer by Saddle Lake Elder Adrian Redcrow. An array of guest speakers took to the podium to talk about the many opportunities in Alberta today for young people seeking to improve their lives. Most talked about alternative career paths and encouraged job seekers to explore the hundreds of different industries operating in Alberta, each with opportunities for career-minded individuals. Exploring the trades and learning what it takes to become a journeyman welder, electrician, plumber, iron worker, auto mechanic, heavy duty mechanic and more was urged by almost every speaker, including Naresh Bhardwaj, Alberta’s Associate Minister of Persons with Disabilities (Reporting to the Minister of Human Services).</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_2747" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #48423f; float: right; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 458px;">
<a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Treaty-6.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #00b7f3; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="(l-r) Shannon Houle, Adrian Redcrow, Elder, Saddle Lake Cree Nation Chief Rusty Threefingers, Louis Bull Tribe; Chief James Jackson, Goodfish Lake First Nation, Tribal Chiefs Employment Training Services Association and Hon. Naresh Bhardwaj, Associate Minister of Human Services. Article and photos by John Copley " class="wp-image-2747 size-full" src="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Treaty-6.jpg" height="336" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="448" /></a><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">
(l-r) Shannon Houle, Adrian Redcrow,Chief Rusty Threefingers, Louis Bull Tribe; Chief James Jackson, Goodfish Lake First Nation, Tribal Chiefs Employment Training Services Association and Hon. Naresh Bhardwaj, Associate Minister of Human Services. Article and photos by John Copley</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
“I always encouraged my trades students to work hard and finish their apprenticeships because if you have a trade you will never be unemployed,” he assured.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Now serving his second term as an Alberta MLA for Edmonton-Ellerslie, Mr. Bhardwaj began his career as a tradesman who earned his Journeyman Ticket as an auto mechanic in 1983, then went on to teach auto mechanics, mathematics and physical education for 18 years in communities that included Pincher Creek, Red Deer, Whitecourt, Calgary and Edmonton. He also graduated from the University of Alberta with a double major.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
“I really enjoy attending this type of job fair; there’s no better way to get things done than by participating and working together” to achieve common goals. “Together we are helping people develop their job skills, find employment and advance in their careers. This job fair is a great way to connect Albertans to rewarding careers that are in demand.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Louis Bull Tribe Chief Rusty Threefingers agreed, calling the 2014 Employment Partnership and Job Fair “an important venue that allows us to mix and meet with industry and government and create opportunities that will give our youth the chance to learn and grow and participate in the work being done by industry in Alberta today.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
“We are very pleased to see so many of our youth come out to see what is available in the workplace,” noted event spokesperson, Charlene Bruno, the Executive Director of the Six Independent Alberta First Nations Society of Maskwacis (SIAFNS). “First Nations ASETS offices work diligently and collectively to develop effective partnerships that address the demand driven needs of the labour market. This event was another opportunity for business and industry to explore the development of meaningful employment and industry partnerships with First Nations within our territory. I am happy to note that many businesses and industries took advantage of that opportunity.”</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_2750" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #48423f; float: left; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 418px;">
<a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/More-than-30-companies-participated-in-Treaty-6-October-Job-Fair.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #00b7f3; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="More than 30 companies participated in Treaty 6 October Job Fair" class="wp-image-2750 " src="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/More-than-30-companies-participated-in-Treaty-6-October-Job-Fair-300x212.jpg" height="289" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="408" /></a><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">
More than 30 companies participated in the Treaty 6 October Job Fair</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Shannon Houle, a Saddle Lake First Nation Council Member and an SIAFNS Board Member, introduced herself as an unscheduled speaker, noting that though unprepared when asked to address the crowd, “I found a way because that’s just the way life works. We do what we have to do – just as those youth that are here today to learn about employment opportunities, will have to meet the challenges that are placed before them.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
She talked about the challenges and struggles she had growing up as a teenage mother “who hadn’t yet finished high school.” Noting that she “comes from a “family that understands the importance of earning a living” and realizing “that lots of people in this world have challenges to overcome,” Houle told the gathering that “perseverance is imperative and that no matter what you have to do to make progress, you do it. I had goals and I wanted to follow those goals so I worked as a maid, cleaning up after rich people and took on small jobs that came available.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
She also had an interest in wood working that came in handy, when, as an adult she moved back home and found herself “hired by my nation as a cabinet maker.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Houle said that turning her hobby into a job that paid the bills was a rewarding experience that she said “proves that if you have interests, if you have talents, if you have dreams and goals, you can make them come true. You just have to continue to work at it and as you do, you will move forward.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
During her short oration Houle also spoke about overcoming negativity, something she had to do earlier in life when people made comments such as: ‘you’re a teenage mother – your life is over.’</div>
<blockquote style="background-color: #e6e6e6; border: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); color: #666666; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; margin: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 1em; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
<div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“It is not over, believe me,” she assured. “If you want to succeed, you are in the right place today. You have the opportunity to ask questions and to learn more about the trades and other careers you are interested in pursuing. Coming to these trade shows is important, but it is just as important for you to let people know what you can do and what you’d like to do. You have to ask questions; you have to be fearless. If you sit back you may never know what kind of opportunities you missed out on – and they are everywhere, especially here where employers are gathered to let you know what they are looking for and what the labour force needs.”</span></div>
</blockquote>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
The Job Fair’s breakaway sessions included the topics of resume writing, job interview skills and entrepreneurship. Dozens of exhibitors representing government, business, industry and post-secondary institutions had the opportunity to meet with and talk to both first time job seekers and qualified workers. Among those holding mini-workshops and information sessions were Trade Winds to Success, Alberta Works, Oteenow, Service Canada, Primco Dene, Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation, Maskwacis Employment Centre and the Northeast Alberta Apprenticeship Initiative.</div>
<div class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_2751" style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); color: #48423f; float: right; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 454px;">
<a href="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Elder-Francis-Whiskeyjack-participates-in-prayer-and-Honour-Song-to-open-Treaty-6-Employment-Partnerships-and-Job-Fair-initiative.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #00b7f3; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Elder Francis Whiskeyjack participates in prayer and Honour Song to open Treaty 6 Employment Partnerships and Job Fair initiative" class="wp-image-2751" src="http://www.albertanativenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Elder-Francis-Whiskeyjack-participates-in-prayer-and-Honour-Song-to-open-Treaty-6-Employment-Partnerships-and-Job-Fair-initiative-300x167.jpg" height="248" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="444" /></a><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Elder Francis Whiskeyjack participates in prayer and Honour Song to open Treaty 6 Employment Partnerships and Job Fair initiative</div>
</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Numerous guest speakers took to the podium throughout the event and an evening gala held at the Oasis Centre heard from keynote speaker, Kelly J. Lendsay, the President and CEO of the Aboriginal Human Resource Council. Lendsay is an internationally recognized social entrepreneur for workplace inclusion, diversity and partnership building.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Statistics Canada recently reported Canada’s unemployment rate is at the lowest it’s been in six years, with a large number of jobs created in Alberta. The Alberta economy is booming and needs a workforce. First Nations youth represent the fastest growing demographic in Canada, but they are underrepresented in the workforce.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
“Government, business and industry groups that recognize the opportunity our young workforce represents and are willing to work with First Nations as partners, will benefit in the long-term,” said Tony Alexis, Chief of the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
His words were echoed by those of Minister Bhardwaj, who, as an active Edmonton community member for more than 36 years, has served on many associations, establishing Youth Link, a youth employment training program, and coaching soccer at the community league level and for Juventus U-18.</div>
<blockquote style="background-color: #e6e6e6; border: 1px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); color: #666666; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; margin: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 1em; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
<div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“This job fair,” he assured, “is particularly important (especially) as Alberta continues to struggle with meeting the demands of its employers. The most recent statistic indicates that we have 300 people moving into Alberta every single day; despite that we are forecasting that by 2023 we will have a shortage of about 96,000 workers. Premier Prentice recently noted that the Alberta workforce and its labour force strategy must respond to market demands to ensure that we have the workers we need. Our First Nation communities are underrepresented in our workforce. Events like this are crucial to our province’s success. They can help Alberta’s employers who are struggling to find workers with the right skills. More than 118,000 First Nations people, along with our Aboriginal youth, play a critical role in continuing our work force strategy. That’s why we are also moving forward with our Employment First Strategy, which is crucial when it comes to employing people with disabilities.”</span></div>
<div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: blue; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“In light of a shrinking labour force and labour market demand,” added Chief Alexis, “the First Nations population, particularly the youth, represent an untapped talent pool that can help Canadian and Alberta business and industry meet their future business goals. Business and industry can assist First Nations by creating an environment, which contributes to the growth and development of education, training, and job creation opportunities. The time is now to ensure First Nations youth have access to the same quality of education and training as any youth in Canada. Alberta must recognize, along with the rest of Canada, that our economy requires an educated and prepared First Nations population. Alberta businesses and industry depend on it, and our youth deserve it.”</span></div>
</blockquote>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Event sponsors included Osum Oil Sands Corp., Shell Canada, Trade Winds to Success, Primco Dene LP, Clean Harbors, NAIT Corporate International Training, Encana Services Company Ltd., Devon Canada Corp., Fort McKay Group of Companies LP, and All Weather Windows. Government and municipal partners were Service Canada, Government of Alberta – Alberta Jobs Skills Training and Labour, and the City of Edmonton.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
The Treaty Six ASETS Steering Committee is comprised of the SIAFNS, Yellowhead Tribal Development Foundation, Tribal Chiefs Employment and Training Services Association and urban ASETS agreement holder, Oteenow Employment and Training Society. The ASETS boards and committees are comprised of First Nations leadership and professionals, representing 17 Treaty Six (Alberta) First Nations.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #48423f; font-family: 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<strong style="border: 0px; color: #1c1c1c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">by John Copley</em></strong></div>
Shannon Houlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11503966080924893274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713410426361188940.post-73872579066704979332015-03-04T18:11:00.003-07:002015-03-04T18:11:41.766-07:00Solar Summit 2015 Report<span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0">Hello Everyone,</span><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$1:0" /><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$3:0" /><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$4:0">Here is my Solar Summit 2015 Report I would like to share and open for all band membership for information and also potential opportunities towards self sufficiency and/or nationhood sufficiency. Currently Saddle Lake Cree Nation is w</span></span><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text0:0:$0:0">orking on a Solar Panel project n the Water Treatment Plant which can potentially save us over $200,000 per year instead of using fossil fuel (coal) energy through ATCO Electric.</span><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text0:0:$1:0" /><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text0:0:$3:0" /><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text0:0:$4:0">Please see the hyperlinks and feel free to share with others on my Scribe Account for Public Access for download.</span><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text0:0:$5:0" /><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text0:0:$7:0" /><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text0:0:$8:0">SOLAR SUMMIT 2015 REPORT FOLDER : </span><a class="" data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$range0:0" dir="ltr" href="https://www.scribd.com/collections/13667520/Solar-Summit-2015-Report" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.scribd.com/.../13667520/Solar-Summit-2015-Report</a><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text1:0:$0:0"> </span><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text1:0:$1:0" /><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text1:0:$2:0">Solar Summit 2015 Report: </span><a class="" data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$range1:0" dir="ltr" href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/257701705/Aboriginal-Solar-Summit-2015-Report" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.scribd.com/.../Aboriginal-Solar-Summit-2015...</a><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text2:0:$1:0" /><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text2:0:$2:0">Solar Summit 2015 1 of 3 What is Solar?: </span><a class="" data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$range2:0" dir="ltr" href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/257701738/Solar-Summit-2015-1-of-3" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.scribd.com/.../25770.../Solar-Summit-2015-1-of-3</a><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text3:0:$0:0"> </span><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text3:0:$1:0" /><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text3:0:$2:0">Solar Summit 2015 2 of 3 Electrical Alberta Diagram: </span><a class="" data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$range3:0" dir="ltr" href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/257701745/Solar-Summit-2015-2-of-3" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.scribd.com/.../25770.../Solar-Summit-2015-2-of-3</a><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text4:0:$0:0"> </span><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text4:0:$1:0" /><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text4:0:$2:0">Solar Summit 2015 3 of 3 Funding & Financing: </span><a class="" data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$range4:0" dir="ltr" href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/257702767/Solar-Summit-2015-3-of-3" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.scribd.com/.../25770.../Solar-Summit-2015-3-of-3</a><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text5:0:$0:0"> </span><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text5:0:$1:0" /><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text5:0:$3:0" /><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text5:0:$4:0">Respectfully,</span><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text5:0:$5:0" /><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text5:0:$6:0">Shannon M Houle</span><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text5:0:$7:0" /><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text5:0:$8:0">Councillor, Onihcikiskiwapowin (Saddle Lake Cree Nation) of Treaty # 6 Territory</span><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text5:0:$9:0" /><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text5:0:$10:0">ᐅᓂᐦᒋᑭᐢᑲᐧᐳᐃᐧᐣ</span><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text5:0:$11:0" /><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text5:0:$12:0">shannonhoule@saddlelake.ca</span><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$text5:0:$13:0" /><a class="" data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$range5:0" dir="ltr" href="http://www.saddlelake.ca/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.saddlelake.ca</a><br data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$1:0" /><span data-reactid=".yi.1:3:1:$comment10152825057688512_10152829440398512:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$2:0">In Solidarity</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14762861734768640163noreply@blogger.com0