Singing our Songs, Apaji wla'matulinej. Maggie Paul shares wonderful stories from her life journey of becoming a singer. Her laugh will lighten your spirit.

Tayla Paul explaining how she makes a Mi'kmaq Peaked cap. This is a part of our Honouring MMIW project where we worked with family members. Each family member made a peaked cap to honour their loved one. We also created a colouring book of drawings of the caps and over 4000 copies were sent to schools in Atlantic Canada.

Judy and Joe Googoo share the Mi'kmaq words for various animals and talk of terms for hunting and fishing. Video taken at our language workshop held at Millbrook First Nations March 12th to 13th, 2021 Special thanks to Heritage Canada - Aboriginal Language program for their financial support.

Two Mi'kmaq sisters Jean Martin and Florence Welsh share how to make a basket in Mi'kmaq. This video was then used at a basket making workshop to teachy both the language and how to make baskets that was held in Millbrook First Nations.

Workshop to learn Mi'kmaq language while also learning to make a basket. Held at the Millbrook Cultural Centre. Words are repeated. Thank-you to Heritage Canada for supporting this work.

Weekend workshop on Moose hide tanning in Wagmatcook with Judy and Joe Googoo. This is about scrapping the hide to get it to the point where it can be made into drums.

Learn how to use a pressure cooker to can your veggies. Women of First Light delivered this workshop in two Indigenous communities as a way to increase food security and food sovereignty

We created a seven day moose hide camp on land of St. Mary's First Nation. Melaw from the Yukon came to teach the technique of smoking hides so they can be used for clothes and moccasins. Over 400 people came to visit. Elders shared stories, the Sacred fire burned for seven days and community was created. As one person said, It was like coming home. Children urged their parents to bring them every day as they loved being in community.

Elders medicine video from our senior's project... treaties, herbal medicine and thinking about the future.

Translation in link below. https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTAgrhGJlFc7kbl4XTVTWa6cnpey8FQRIpz5KTB6UBO6FiQzYaIC5Z2cW2Q7Bc_RzWvCPivlHzLQUOe/pub Marilyn is describing the process of tanning in Mi'kmaq and what different parts of the moose were used for including mosquito repellant. She also shares the Creation story

Becky Julian, Jane Meader, Katie McEwen share the teachings of the peaked cap. Includes the meaning of the colours, the designs.

Jane Meader talking about teaching literacy to children from an Indigenous perspective. Teachings children about wampum belts including how to use wampum belt in talking circles. It became a treaty between the children and the school and the teachers.

Overview of peaked caps project and the meaning behind them. Includes the process of making one and the healing it can bring.

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Land-based leadership is vital for the return of language, culture and traditional ways of knowing to Indigenous peoples and Indigenous communities. It is vital to the wellness and vitality of Indigenous peoples worldwide. The land-based leadership program provides an experience on the lands, waters, in ceremony and in the indoor and outdoor teaching space of Wabanaki peoples. The participants reconnect with their ancestral way of being and learn through reconnecting with the natural world – the land. This will connect them to who they are - to knowing they DO belong We are a people with a rich history and tradition, yet we are struggling to maintain our culture, spiritual base and language. We live under the weight of a myth—the myth of a people who are unable to integrate into mainstream society, who cling to antiquated religions, nearly dead languages and irrelevant traditional beliefs. This myth has been internalized by our people and readily accepted by non-natives. The result of this internalization is a people who are losing their way, as we attempt to reconcile our cultural teachings and heritage with Western culture. Lack of education, poverty, premature motherhood, substance abuse and violence—these facts paint a disturbing and distorted image of a people. Yet, it is not a backwards culture that has created this frightening reality – it is the absence of our cultural teachings and traditions that has hurt us. The assimilation process as experienced by Native peoples has wreaked havoc. We have come to believe that help must come from within. We must reintroduce traditional Wabanaki teachings and spirituality to our people. Our vision is rooted in our collective, life-long commitment to develop and teach our traditional life-way skills, cultural knowledge and spirituality in a manner that feeds and helps heal the spirit, nurtures self-appreciation and promotes overall wellness among all our people, but most especially among our youth

Centre for Ethical Land Transition, hosted by the Tatamagouche Centre and Women of First Light, shares their experiences with BIPOC communities and "Land back." Stories are shared of when it worked well and when it didn't. This is a part of our Land Legacy Series as we work on rematriation of the land at Tatamagouche Centre

From Tatamagouche Centre in the east to East side Vancouver in the west, Indigenous people share their work to reclaim and rematriate traditional land. It is uplifting. moving and names so many deep truths about the land, the impacts of colonialization for all of us and what is needed heal humanity and Mother Earth. Speakers include miigam'agan, Becky Big Canoe, Tiffany Malley, Katelyn Lucas and Norma Leech. Co-hosted by Centre for Community Land Trusts, Tatamagouche Centre and Women of First Light.