Connect with the Land
Connecting Cultures, Sharing Wisdom: Empowering Indigenous Knowledge
Traditional Medicines
Discover healing traditions through medicines like Sage, Sweetgrass, Cedar, and Tobacco.
Learn Traditions
Providing barrier free craft opportunities to youth.
Learn skills like beading, sewing, drum making and songs. Medicine collection harvesting and prepare for ceremonial use.
Ceremonial Teachings
Learn about the Seven Sacred Teachings: the guiding principles in the collaboration towards restoration of the cultural values, beliefs, and practices that were forbidden.
7 Sacred Teachings
Also known as the Seven Grandfather Teachings, are a set of traditional Indigenous values and principles that are commonly shared among various Indigenous cultures in North America. These teachings serve as a guide for living a balanced and meaningful life.
LOVE
ZAAGIDWIN
To know love is to know peace.
RESPECT
MNAADENDIMOWIN
Treat others the way you would like to be treated.
COURAGE
AAKWA’ODE’EWIN
Face your fears to allow yourself to live your life.
HONESTY
GWEKWAADZIWIN
Do not seek to deceive yourself or others.
WISDOM
NBWAAKAAWIN
Allow yourself to learn and live by your wisdom.
TRUTH
DEBWEWIN
Be true to yourself and all other things.
HUMILITY
DBAADENDIZIWIN
Find balance within yourself and all living things.
Who We are
Brian Chrupalo
Executive Director
Ready to ignite your spirit?
Experience teachings that are an integral part of Indigenous cultures and are passed down through oral tradition, stories, and ceremonies to guide individuals in their personal and community lives.
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