This is the way of Onkwehonwe; we didn’t have last names… So instead, we have clans that we are born into. We understand that these clans bind us as family, and for women, it is our sisterhood.
Category: Mindfulness
Kanyen:keha Word of the day
An Old Mohawk Perspective on Prisons and Penalty
In the government you call civilized, the happiness of the people is constantly sacrificed to the splendour of the empire. Hence your code of criminal and civil laws have their origin; hence your dungeons and prisons. I will not enlarge on an idea so singular in civilized life, and perhaps disagreeable to you, and you…
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Honour Your Treaties Canada
Davisville: A Day School with a camp?
Butterflyway & Bee Project
https://www.facebook.com/shel.gen.3 Friends, Sge:no (Hello) My name is Shel (Michele) of the Tuscarora Nation. I live in Six Nations, Ontario. I wanted to let you know I’ve joined the David Suzuki Foundation’s Butterflyway Project as a volunteer Butterfly Ranger. The project is a resident-led movement that is creating habitat for local bees and butterflies in communities…
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Wampums of the Kayanere:kowa
I am Deganawida. With the statesmen of the League of Five Nations, I plant the Tree of Great Peace. I plant it in your territory, Atotarho and the Onondaga Nation: in the territory of you who are the Firekeepers. I name the tree Tsyoneratasekowa, the Great White Pine. Under the shade of this Tree of…
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Lifting Our Minds Affirmations
Why is it important to see Rez-Humour’s representation in current pop culture?
Growing up, I was always surrounded by my immediate family, aunts, uncles, both of my grandma’s and countless cousins. If you were sensitive, you had to toughen up real quick and get a sense of humour. My family events are filled with jokes and laughter that neighbours could hear down the road!
