The sunshine on my face

The sunshine on my face

As the shine shines on my face with more intent, the snow melts away and the flowers begin to bloom, we welcome the arrival of spring from both a Métis and a mindfulness perspective. Spring is a time of renewal, growth, and rebirth, and it offers us an opportunity to...
Métis Storytelling

Métis Storytelling

The Métis people have a rich and vibrant storytelling tradition deeply rooted in their culture and history. Storytelling has long been a way for Métis people to pass on their cultural knowledge and values from one generation to the next, and to celebrate their unique...

Tomorrows Heroes

As we near the end of Hunters moon, still moving through difficult and unsettled times, my ancestors draw my attention to our central value of Pishkaymitook.  This concept has at its core the nurturing of others. To care for those in our community is not an act of...

Each Life

Grief is a powerful and overwhelming emotion. Those who have left us often represent a substantial portion of our lives and deserve to be remembered. And the remembering brings wave after wave of devastating loss until we wonder if we too will be lost. Within that...

We Are This Land

Bathed in the light of the full Hunter’s moon I can feel the enormity of my responsibilities to this land.  My grandmothers’ people have lived their lives on these prairies for hundreds of generations.  This soil has held their sweat, their tears, their blood and...

A New Hunter’s Moon

In the time when our cycles more closely related to those of the land, we would take this time to prepare for the coming winter.  Living within the rhythms of our relatives helped us to understand what was coming and how to be ready.  Community allowed us to share...