In all of our work we bring everything we can to the table. We teach about what makes these plants significant to Anishnaabe, and about how Our understanding of their significance can change and has changed the way the everyone looks at the world of plants.Each plant is significant because of its name. Today I want to talk about the importance in understanding...
Monday, 26 June 2017
Monday, 8 May 2017
Water lily's are a food source, and important medicine. The story that water lily's tell is one that traditional subsistence hunters kept and are keeping alive and vital, Chi-miigwetch, thank you.We observe relationships in creation and those relationships is where the stories are. Plants are showing us why they are here, all we have to do is...
Sunday, 5 February 2017
I am pleased to introduce the reformatted and imagined Green reading program. This has been years in the making and there are still portions under construction. There are some specific reasons this has happened and I think it worth having a discussion about learning to read.There are enough children in the world that do not learn language...
Sunday, 29 January 2017
I was saying how many files I have that are not available on this blog and think it is about time to get some of them uploaded to share with everyone. We have been studying plate tectonics in our Early Elementary class over the last few weeks and we are finally prepared to move onto volcanoes and their types. I have files and suggested...
Thursday, 29 December 2016
Many of you who are regular visitors to this page are aware that my family's life has become about change. Our son, Andon, is doing well in his fight against leukemia and we hope he will continue to do well throughout his life. He has just over a year left in maintenance - a portion of treatment that requires roughly 130 chemo pills monthly,...
Monday, 19 December 2016
When I first started learning about medicine, I always heard about labrador tea but never really pursued it because I figured this is such a redundant medicine, everyone always talks about it so it will never be lost, I'll learn about this one later. Elders would even make remarks like: �Oh, that tea is what we would get when we cannot afford red rose,...
