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CERTIFICATE IS GIVEN IN APPRECIATION OF CONTRIBUTION

PAINTING TO BE AUCTIONED

This beautiful and unique painting was donated by Victor Muise.

It is painted on birch rind with natural and acrylic paint.

It is 15" x 12".

Proceeds from Auction will go to the White Wolf Spirit Port au Port Mi'kmaq Children's Drumming and Singing Group.

The winner is to pay shipping if necessary.

All bids must be made on the Face Book event page.

THE VOICE

I am the voice that speaks the truth of wisdom to my people:

Ancients-Saqwejijik:Wsitqamu'k-the Earth

Kji niskam-the Great Spirit,

To L'nu'k-the People ,

Of: K'taqmuk-Newfoundland

Mi'kmaw saqiwe'k lnu'k-ancient ones

Ula wiki tiek-here where we live

Ln'u'k (The people),Mi'kmaq

Language is part of the essence of a race of a people. It is not only how the race communicates with each other, but it is the means by which a People understands and defines Mother Earth and the way of living things that teach us living , depending on the substances obtained from the earth.

It is very psychologically damaging for a People to lose their language....they lose a part of who they are. It splinters and fractures the people for many centuries and not knowing the TRUTH of how this came about and all the possible unknown lies that were hidden by Governments agencies, Churches, etc….

The Mi'kmaq People NEEDS to speak our language again, so that we can define and understand the world with our words, our tongue, not with that belonging to someone else that has no regard for a Nation that lived in harmony with the land and off the land we all share today!

By becoming fluent in our own language the People will once again become whole and become part of the cycle of truth.

Thus the Language workshop, besides being educational and interesting, provided a journey toward healing. It moved the People away from being a victim....because anyone who has had their language ripped away from them has indeed been victimized.

But by embracing the Mi'kmaq language back we are moving toward becoming a people of survivors....one that is a very distinct society.

We, as Mi'kmaq people, are humble and nomadic humans that have survived for thousands of years and have a distinct openness that can not be found or defined in any way or form in another Language.

We as a people who have to grasp the future and remain who and what and where we came from .This is so important to our core values and sustain our existence, the being one as a Nation that will come together and share our own belief system and must remain .

We hold this in trust for the next generations that follows the dignity of the First People of this land (North America) .... that was Destroyed as a people by Authority !!!!

Pikto'l Sa'ke'j Miu's

Victor James Muise Jr.4th…

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The foregoing historical, Legends, stories, poems, (material) is not to be reproduced without the express written consent of Victor James Muise JR. Of Bay St. George, NFLD.CANADA, or (including photocopying, recording , information storage and retrieval system) ,(Sa'ke'j).

MI'KMAW FREEDOM SYMBOLS

Kwe,,

They are very sacred in our Mi'kmaw Culture .

They tell the story of the paths we are all on .

Each is unique and has a different story.

Pikto'l Sa'ke'j Miu's.

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HONOR OUR HERITAGE

'HONOR OUR HERITAGE'

In 1972 there were three regional Indian bands set up under the Federation of Newfoundland Indians : Central Regional Band , Corner Brook Region, and Bay St George Indian Band .

After I got involved with the Bay St George's Band, I was appointed to change the structure and I did, dividing the regional Indians bands . There was the local district Indian Band and each had their elected Chief and council.

Then in 1988 Joseph Duval and Victor James Muise started the first Mi'kmaw Indian Band Council in St. George's . Elder Josephine Spicier, nee Muise , Elder Matthew Garner, Margery Muise, Audrey Muise , Director, and under the direction of Chief Victor Muise , at that time I was Chief of the St George's Indian Band.

I was directed to get a building of our own, and in 1992 we were affiliated with the Federation of Newfoundland Indians. Just before he announced to his people he represented, that they would soon have a building to call their own, his mandate was accomplished in 1992 and we became affiliated with the FNI .

We acquired the old Court House for band business. Today it is a Mi'kmaw Museum and Office place for the St. George's Indian Band.

Jennie Duval, Kayla Bennett, Juanita Bennett, Jennifer Bennett, Vonita Lassaga, April O'Brien, Melissa Muise, Melissa Young, and Coreen Muise, Elaina Bennett: Youth Women's Dance and Singing Mi'kmaq Drum Group.

To Honor those , now men and women, and in honoring our Mi'kmaw heritage, and people on the island of Newfoundland, there will be a unveiling of the past 25 years to show our deepest appreciation for this accomplishment, as they will be each presented a picture of the group from the past.

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HEALING OUR NATION

Maqmikawe'sku- Mother Earth

Healing our Nation

(MY WORDS ARE NOT WRITTEN IN STONE, ONLY TO OBSERVE)

My sisters and brothers across Turtle Island, we are all messengers, so hear me through a sacred breath of the Creator. I am about to write about generations of healing and the rebirth of our Mi'kmaq way of living.

Our language and customs of our people has not been forgotten.

The path that leads from your mother at birth, like stories of ancient times and our healing, customs .and language now are even older.

Our Mi'kmaq people across North America , had kept our culture underground for many centuries ,but survived all struggles that lay before them. Much of traditions has been lost but still run in our blood streams, to the roots of our forefathers that we honor today.

Lay heed that the simplest and smallest things in life give one the greatest rewards.

We were all born in a bundle of sacred water,the most important natural law of our land, and we when we pause to take our last sacred breath, we leave as we came into the creation on Mother Earth.

Healing such as our Mi'kmaq language comes from energy. We walk the spirit , and hear the sound of our land. We feel the winds and study the waterfalls and all elements that are here in Mother Earth's Garden.

This has be from the Earth and through our tongues, passed down from endless generations . It needs a distinct openness that has not been found, only through the blood of our ancestors, like the rivers and streams that flow to the four oceans on Earth.

To Heal mentally, physically, spiritually, and all sickness, one must encounter experiences of living off the land , Mother Earth , and seek a path in life of healthy living, with the Great Spirit teachings that are hidden in every living thing that Mother provides for us. We get theses gifts all free for our inner well being, the spirit that comes naturally on our many journeys we seek to maintain.

But ,sometimes through stories and sacred ceremonies the plants , animals, forest and streams are all our relations.We may have to connect ourselves to have balance among our people in those communities where we can learn and hear our Elders who speak wisdom with the greatest of respect.

To the end of our journey , we have to tone down our sacred voice and send our thoughts into a meadow of natural smell, sound, sight, and touch. We must speak the Language and sacred words of our ancestors so we can maintain our Mi'kmaq way of life,who are a proud and nobble people , (Of the Dawn).

Msitno'kmaq- All my Relations

Sa'qewei-wjijaqamijl waqe'k paqt-sm

Ancient Spirit of the White Wolf

Pikto'l Sa'ke'j Muise.

Composed Feb,04,2014

UNITY AMONG NATIONS

UNITY AMONG NATIONS

Oh Great Spirit, cleanse our heart. Cleanse our minds, and cleanse our spirit, so we can come together joined as one. Unite us , sister and brother, as we each walk a different journey of life on paths we sometimes cannot see, when we stand among other nations of the world.

Uphold our first law of the land : Keep our water pure....It is a substance that sustains our growth and is part of the cycle of all.

Humans.....we should always speak of peace and of harmony .

Love what Mothers, and Mother Earth, has to offer. We have those gifts free, and we should share freely among our youth and teach them by example . Sometimes there is that which we should not have done.

Help us pray for leaders of yesterday, leaders of today, and leaders of tomorrow, our youth.

Help them, and ourselves , to enhance our spiritual strength and observe our teachings here on Mother Earth. Nourish their growth to be wise with our land that holds all humanity.

This is a changing society , so teach our children their language.

Language is a culture, not a science. Therefore it cannot be defined.

So when we rest with the setting of the sun, our mind, body, and spirit will come together to flow with the dignity of the First People of the land, upon which we, as a People, hold in trust for future generations.

Pikto'l Sa'ke'j Miu's..VJM

Ancient spirit of the White Wolf