The traditional Pow Wow ceremony (533)<\/p>\n
Growing up as a young Indigenous girl in a populated Canadian city in Toronto that is huge with diversity and multiculturalism my path was kind of clouded. My culture and beliefs were non-existent even though I was aware of my heritage and birth rites as an Indigenous person in this country as a kid. That inter-generational disconnect was brought upon through my family specifically my grandmother whom attended 60\u2019s scoop. Were the government placed Indigenous kids in foster care and separated them from their culture and knowledge of their heritage, this was what my grandmother endured. It was very difficult for my grandmother the lead of the family to open up to the traumas of 60\u2019s scoop in care. Being taken away and haircut in shame of her Indigenous background. This is the gap made and the battle to get back that interconnection to our family\u2019s culture, beliefs, and heritage.<\/p>\n
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Going back 10 years ago as a young adult, I started the inner search to understand and learn Indigenous ways in the Anishinabek territory. I latched onto to the Ojibway teachings and ceremonial way, specifically the traditional Pow Wows. I found a sense of belonging as I had rarely any previous contact with First Nation communities previously living in and growing up in Toronto. The ceremonial circle was a gathering that welcomed all of any culture true diversity something that I could to relate to growing up.\u00a0 The significance of Pow Wow ceremony shown through Rosey’s teachings: “A Pow wow is a celebration of life and community gathering that allows family and friends to get together and share the Native American cultural traditions.” The stereotypes I had known in the past didn\u2019t exist in the Pow Wow circle and that resounding feeling of re-connection, learning, my heritage I could grasp onto. Any Pow Wows are a celebration of the people, human beings and life. This ceremony could be utmost sacred of all the red peoples beliefs and the red nations of turtle island continue to do these celebrations at any cost and the venues have become very elaborate.<\/p>\n
Being very close to my grandmother, with her disconnect growing up in the child welfare system a gap to family and culture roots was prominent. \u00a0I had been given little information to connect back to biological family roots. Years back I started searching my family tree and heritage. My linkage to the (Maracle) family name in the Takegnayga Mohawk territory started my rediscovery and I soon found I belonged to Haudenosaunee Mohawk culture. Recently I attended a ceremony in Takegnayga and learned from an elder I belonged to the wolf clan a respective group within the tribe. This rediscovery was brought upon the traditional Pow Wows I attended in the Anishinabek territory knowingly wondering of my family backgrounds and history of my true identity as an Indigenous person living in this land.<\/p>\n
To date I am now an advocate promoting Indigenous culture, teaching Indigenous studies, and the history surrounding issues with Canada. Specific Indigenous cultural service provider for post-secondary educational institute in supporting students has given me an entirely new breath of life to rehabilitate my own culture and heritage.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/roseystradingpost.com\/blogs\/teachings\/pow-wow-dance-styles-teachings-and-meanings<\/p>\n
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D Devi Kiran : It was fascinating to know about your culture. Thanks for sharing about them. I feel like this article could use a little brushing when it comes to punctuation. Sentence formation is good but it may need some work too. And when citing about others words, it would have been good if you could provide in text citation and reference at the bottom. Other than those everything was great<\/p>\n
Lacee Large: You have a great writing Bill! I loved learning about your culture, it is very engaging and well focussed. One suggestion I have is to create more of a visual for me about the pow pow. You could also include quotes from the lady you spoke with about never meeting her family; what was that like for her?<\/p>\n
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