Abstract
This research uses a narrative cultural inquiry study to address the need to save the land our Mother Earth (Aki) and the relationship with Indigenous Spirituality through the topics/themes of Spirit Houses, Sa'be (Sasquatch) and Sacred landscape features such as Spiritual Sites, Ceremony and Pictographs within the geography of Turtle Island, North America in Northern Ontario, Canada. The rationale of this study was to address the larger inaadiziwin (philosophy) of Indigenous character and way of life with nature or “All My Relations” for the author.
Highlights
In this personal narrative I contend that our Mother Earth (Aki/Ahki) is in peril, some may find that too strong a statement, the tell-tale signs have been in our faces for far too long
Pictographs often came from vision and dream ceremonies to represent that vision or dream of the artist from the Creator
Mnidoo Mnising (Manitoulin Island) and the north shore of Lake Huron have impressive high rock vistas such as the La Cloche mountains but more than than just the visual appeal is the interconnectedness of the rocks and sites
Summary
In this personal narrative I contend that our Mother Earth (Aki/Ahki) is in peril, some may find that too strong a statement, the tell-tale signs have been in our faces for far too long. Indigenous health and well-being, stolen Indigenous identity, via residential schools and chronological and contemporary colonialism, have all been continuing contributing factors to systemic racism, a lost relationship with culture and the land (Switzer, 2017) Throughout this personal narrative I will address inaadiziwin (philosophy) of Indigenous character and way of life with nature or “All My Relations” as I discuss the relationship between the land our Mother, Aki and Indigenous Spirituality through the topics/themes of Spirit Houses, Sa'be (Sasquatch) and Sacred landscape features such as Spiritual Sites, Ceremony and Pictographs
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