For centuries Aboriginal people have used the four directions of the medicine wheel as a tool for learning and teaching. For the past 12 years, Elder and spiritual advisor, Francis Whiskeyjack, has ...
"I am Dekanawidah and with the Five Nations' Confederate chiefs I plant the Tree of Great Peace." With these words begins Gayanerekowa, the Great Law of Peace, also called the Great Law or the Great ...
Carrie Armstrong is from Michel First Nation in Alberta. She's a teacher and the founder of Mother Earth Essentials. In 2020, Carrie published her book Mother Earth Plants for Health & Beauty: ...
Had he lived, Gordon Tootoosis’ star could only rise higher, but the talented and elegant actor succumbed to pneumonia on July 5, 2011. He was 69. Tootoosis was best known for his roles as the ...
The burning of various medicine plants to make a smudge or cleansing smoke is used by the majority of Native North American peoples. It is a ritual cleansing. As the smoke rises, our prayers rise to ...