... we couldn’t find the literal translation of “pine” no matter how hard we searched. Even the oldest Elder didn’t know. So sure, it’s just one word. But it’s also a reminder of the real threats facing ...

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 Looking for a little inspiration? Check out Adora Svitak’s recent TED Talk, “What Adults Can Learn from Kids”: Just twelve years old, Adora has published two books, been ...

... tradition, the individual becomes an integral part of the transmission of culture. Each time a story or legend is told, it changes. The tone, the facial expressions, the potential for interruptions, the ...

... to a much older theory of learning, one that is based on hands-on discovery and observing those around you. This slow return to learning through experience and interaction is particularly relevant to ...

... where the students sit on the same old continuum.   Collette Jackson, Content and Marketing Specialist at BlackCherry Digital Media, is writing on behalf of On the Path of the Elders, a free online ...

... today the governments are learning that, on behalf of our Elders, we’re holding them to this. Today, because of the discovery of the Treaty Commissioners’ diaries and their written admissions about ...

“This is what they said. That the government was now taking us as his own children and he told us about this promise, that as long as the sun shines that he would think of his promise and that as long ...

... because their word was always trusted and it is the one thing that we hold to be true and accurate. You see as the treaty was being explained to our people, we did not understand English, so it had ...

... the resource potential for the governments included gold, silver, pulp/paper, and electricity that would make them wealthy and economically stable. But first the governments needed to deal with our peoples, ...

... where we can live," they replied. "There is a place down there," the Great Spider said, pointing down below him. "It is a vast land. In the winter, it snows and gets very cold. In the summer, it rains ...

... Kashechewan Elder Hosea Wynne recalled what he had been told: "According to our grandfathers, in 1867, they went to see the native people to ask them for their land. Their names were David Solomon, ...

... People at English River receiving candies, 1905 "One time there was a family who lived in a tent when it was very cold. The parents died and only the children survived. That was when there was ...

... word, Wemistukuushuu to describe the Europeans.  This is an old word that refers to people whose shoes are made of wood.  Some of our peoples also believe the word refers to a floating island with a ...

... of land they needed, and that the birds would give us a food supply… All the hunters and young hunters-to-be were told where to hunt, and where not to hunt. The birds knew where they had a priority, ...