Indigenous Learning

Local Immigration Partnership - Lanark & Renfrew

Culture Connect with the Mashkiwizii Manido Foundation presents four different opportunities to engage in Indigenous learning.

84 Isabella St unit 10

Indigenous Protocols, Smudging and CeremonyJUNE 1 @ 4:00 PM - 5:30 PMDuring this session hosted by the Mashkiwizii Manido Foundation, attendees will explore the answers to the following questions:What is the proper way to approach an Elder or Knowledge Keeper when you would like to request traditional knowledge, teachings, and wisdom?<ul><li>Is there a specific way to enter a Circle? If so, why?</li><li>What is a tobacco tie, and why should you carry one?</li><li>What does the Sweat Lodge represent?</li><li>How do we learn protocols surrounding UNDRIP, and apply them?</li><li>Why do Indigenous Peoples smudge, what is the significance?</li><li>What is important to know about Pow Wow?</li><li>Why is the reclamation of Ceremony so strong now?</li></ul>Hand Drumming for the SoulJUNE 5 @ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PMFirst Nations Drums have sounded on the land for thousands of years…Join Trevor Pearce, Drum Keeper and co-facilitator Joanne Haskin, Executive Director, Mashkiwizii Manido Foundation, to experience hand drumming. “I have been honoured to be part of a Big Drum (Powwow Drum) for over a decade. Being a Drum Keeper has changed my life. I would love to share the story of the Drum, the basics of keeping a Drum, First Nations Drum Etiquette, explain a little bit about how a Drum can help heal, and perhaps share a few songs,” shares Trevor.Hand Drums will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own if you have one.Kairos Blanket ExerciseJUNE 14 @ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PMThe KAIROS Blanket Exercise is an experiential teaching tool based on participatory popular education methodology that explores the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the land we now know as Canada. Created in 1997 by the Aboriginal Rights Coalition (ARC), a precursor to KAIROS, the Blanket Exercise was initially meant to introduce Canadians to the major themes and findings of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP). The Coalition brought Elders, Indigenous educators, and allies who wanted to ensure that RCAP and its recommendations were not shelved and forgotten. The Blanket Exercise is built on the foundation of these long-standing, collaborative initiatives and relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples to raise awareness of continuing injustices and impacts of colonization and to promote further learning. For over two decades, ARC and now KAIROS have guided its ongoing development with the leadership of Elders and Indigenous facilitators across this land.This event will be hosted in partnership with the Mashkiwizii Manido Foundation and Petawawa Public Library. The exercise will take place outdoors at the Petawawa Civic Centre outdoor field #5. Participants are welcome to park in the library parking lot by the Civic Centre and walk to the field or they can park in the parking lots adjacent to the Dog Park - aka Scentral Park. In case of rain, the exercise will take place in the Rotary Room of the Petawawa Civic Centre.Moving forward with Truth and ReconciliationJUNE 20 @ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PMWhat is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and why was it created? Do you feel like reconciliation is possible? What do you feel is needed to achieve reconciliation in Canada, Ontario, Our City, Communities and within ourselves? Join in this open discussion as we dig deep into these challenging questions, questioning our own thoughts and biases and how we can move forward in a good way, building true authentic and meaningful connections.

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