TREATY OF PEACE

CULTURE VS ENVIRONMENT

CULTURE V/S ENVIRONMENT

Culture is a language, and it comes from our environment.

 The rocks are our grandfathers. They were here  first.

 Then came the plants, trees, etc…second.

Then the animals....they were third.

 We are only fourth  ..... As humans that exist on Mother Earth..

 Then we are all connected,  or interrelated,  in some manner or form.

 The moon, tides, stars are linked to human beings.

 When we cut a tree we  damage the whole universe, along with  people. 

When you pollute the air..... that is us.

 When you pollute the streams, lakes, sea, this is our closest relative,  our environment, for the survival of a culture.

Our culture is greater than the reflection of our environment because everything in existence  is created and forms the creation of a Culture , or one part of the cycle of the universe, which are humans.

Victor James Muise/Sake

TRADITIONS OF OUR ANCESTORS

Traditions of our Ancestor

Our traditional ways are important.

Going back to our traditional ways of using the land for our own resources is paramount to our strength and healing as a whole.

 First Nations across Canada are turning towards their own means of independence through self governance and changing paradigms of thought around such issues as health.

 Addressing First Nations health through a more traditional, holistic model has been recognized as essential in reducing the health disparity gaps between aboriginal and non-aboriginal people of Canada. 

The importance of Traditional Medicine as a means of improving the health and quality of life for people is increasingly being recognized.


An excerpt: from  First Nation Health Council

SUMMER 2014....A PHOTO JOURNEY