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Strengthening our Connections: The Four Sacred Medicines, Hide Tanning, and Birch Bark Etching

5/21/2019

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​​All are welcome to join us at Plenty Canada's base on this spring Saturday, May 25th and Sunday, May 26th, from 10am-4pm for a community workshop featuring three elements: Teachings on the four sacred medicines, Sweetgrass, Sage, Tobacco and Cedar; Hide Tanning; and etching images into a finished Birch Bark Canoe! We will have a light lunch provided, but invite people to bring food to share - potluck style!

We have the great fortune to learn from Elder Larry McDermott, from Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation, and Chuck Commanda from Kitigan Zibi First Nation. They will share Algonquin ceremonies, teachings, and practices related to the four sacred medicines, Sweetgrass Sage, Tobacco and Cedar.

We are also honoured to learn from Elder Barry Sarazin from Pikwakanagan First Nation, who is an Algonquin Language Speaker, Knowledge Keeper and Drum Carrier. Barry will demonstrate Hide Tanning and share concepts in the Algonquin language relating to tanning hides, the four sacred medicines, and birch bark canoe making. He will be assisted by his wife, Jessie-Anne Sarazin who is also an Indigenous language speaker and artist.

This is a free event, open to all humans and pets.
There is no need to register.
Feel free to contact Plenty Canada to confirm your attendance or if you have any questions. 
Call: (613) 278-2215, Email: Shae.Plenty@gmail.com, or Facebook message our Plenty Canada Profile page.

We hope to see you there!
This workshop is part of a year-long project that began in the Spring of 2018 and is called Ginawaydaganuk- Strengthening our Connections. "Geen-away-dag-an-uk" loosely translates to, "the interconnection of all things", an Algonquin Anishinaabeg principle. This project brings people together for workshops each month that strengthens our connections to Algonquin culture, language, and the life that it is woven around.
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**Stay tuned for our last workshop of the year from mid-late June to close the year's events. This will include a pipe ceremony, Algonquin teachings, and a photo exhibition of this project's success over the past year!**
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• We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country. • Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.
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Another Fruitful Birch Bark Basket Workshop

5/14/2019

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Registration filled quickly for our latest birch bark basket making workshop.
Meegwetch, thank you, merci for the substantial interest shown in this magnificent Algonquin craft.

There were two dates for the workshop that the participants chose from - March 24th and May 4th.
Approximately 10 participants attended the workshops led by Algonquin craftsman Chuck Commanda, his assistant Nicole Lefebvre, and organized by Plenty Canada's Project Manager and Algonquin youth, Shaelyn Wabegijig.

Meegwetch, thank you, merci to each of our participants for sharing your unique presence and gifts with the group, making each workshop as memorable as they were. A special chi meegwetch (big thank you, merci beaucoup) to Chuck Commanda for his knowledge and craftsmanship that he shared with the participants here at Plenty Canada.

Enjoy the gallery of photographs from our workshops below!
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• We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country. • Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.
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Most comprehensive assessment of its kind; 1,000,000 species threatened with extinction

5/6/2019

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"Have a look at this a very important document that fearlessly reviews the reality of our relationships. Our relationships to the Earth, to other beings, to ourselves, and to life itself. We must realize that when we collectively and individually do harm to anything, we do harm to ourselves. 
This article looks at the consequences of human activities. Human destructions and creations continue, despite the consequences. That is why this article is worth our deepest consideration. We need to place intrinsic value on all things that support us. That which we take for granted, we are denying the next generation. Humans have and can live in a world where all life is sacred." - Shaelyn Wabegijig

"The IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is the most comprehensive ever completed. It is the first intergovernmental Report of its kind and builds on the landmark Millennium Ecosystem Assessment of 2005, introducing innovative ways of evaluating evidence.

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Based on the systematic review of about 15,000 scientific and government sources, the Report also draws (for the first time ever at this scale) on indigenous and local knowledge, particularly addressing issues relevant to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities." -IPBES Report
Link to IPBES Report
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      • Climate Change
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    • International Development
    • Jobs at Plenty Canada
  • Donate
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      • Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Network
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      • Plenty Canada CampUs
      • Two-Eyed Seeing Bird Atlas
      • Wild Rice
      • Ginawaydaganuc Workshops
    • Youth Programming >
      • Truth and Reconciliation Training Program
      • Youth Circle for Mother Earth (YCME)
      • Wii Baba Mose Maamiwi | We Walk the Path Together
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