Treaty 2 Territory- The Earth Lodge provides training in Governance, Landbase Learning, Language and Wellbeing. The Lodge focuses on enhancing people’s knowledge of Anishinaabek way of learning within Treaty 2 Territory. Initiated by First Nations, guided by the Knowledge Council, the Earth Lodge supports all endeavors of Local Nations, FNT2T Councils and Circles. This includes the developing of programs, […]
Treaty 2 Territory- During this past year, the Earth Lodge has partnered with Assiniboine Community College to offer a number of programs to T2 members, including the Applied Building Construction program. This six month program ran from January 2021 to June 2021, concluding with the graduation ceremony on Friday, October 29, 2021. The graduates included: […]
Treaty 2 Territory- The Anishinaabemowin language is known by many names, some of which refer to a specific dialect: Ojibway, Ojibwa, Ojibway, Ojibwemowin, Chippewa and Saulteaux. It is a language that is part of the Algonquian language family, generally spanning from Manitoba to Québec, with a strong concentration around the Great Lakes. Elders share that the […]
Treaty 2 Territory: THE EARTH LODGE, at the center of FNT2T’s 7 circles, provides training in Governance, Land-base Learning, Language and Wellbeing. The Lodge focuses on enhancing people’s knowledge of Anishinaabek way of learning within Treaty 2 Territory. Initiated by First Nations, guided by the Knowledge Council, the Earth Lodge supports all endeavors of Local […]
TREATY 2 TERRITORY: Indigenous people have been blessed with ceremonial ways to enact their relationship with the spiritual and natural realms. Indigenous knowledge keepers and practitioners understand that the tools used to help in this level of communication are kept in a particular physical package that has come to be recognized as a bundle. When […]
Treaty 2 Territory- There are many versions of medicine wheel teachings. These teachings vary from one community to another but there are some basic concepts that are similar between the various medicine wheel teachings. For example, Medicine Wheels are usually depicted through four directions but also include the sky, the earth and the centre (7 […]
Treaty 2 Territory- The residential school in Brandon was established in 1895 by the Department of Indian Affairs at the urging of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Church. The Methodists, who assumed management of the school, wanted an industrial residential school for children from north of Lake Winnipeg, where most of their missions were […]
Treaty 2 Territory- The Treaty 150 Commemoration events started on Friday, August 20th at Wasagaming. The morning began with the lighting of the sacred fire by Robert Maytwayashig in the front of the Sharing Lodge and was followed by ceremonies and guest speakers that included: the North Wolf Ojibway Drum Group; Mary and Robert Maytwayashing; Elder Peter […]
Treaty 2 Territory- The confusion around understanding the difference between elected Chiefs and Hereditary Chiefs is because most people don’t know much about the Indian Act or our history. This Indian Act election system, in which most of our Nations still operate, has negatively impacted the way in which our people traditionally governed themselves. It has […]
Treaty 2 Territory- Earth Lodge Keeper, Allen Sutherland (Waabshkii Masinazoot Michtaatim) and Earth Lodge Development Helper, Renée McGurry spent an afternoon harvesting white sage at Wasagaming. Before harvesting, Allen started with a prayer of thanks as we put down tobacco on Mother Earth. For medicinal or food purposes, white sage can be harvested any time of year. In general, how dry the plant is determines how it can be […]
