A LOOK BACK – SUN LODGE POW WOW
Healing and happiness were on full display recently in the Peguis First Nation, as the Keepers of the Sun Lodge Village played host to their second annual pow wow New Beginnings.
The theme was centred around the Nation’s children and youth, and a celebration of their achievements and potential.
Special acknowledgment goes out to the beautiful members of the Stevenson/McCorrister families, who are the creators, caretakers, and ceremony leaders of the Sun Lodge Village.
This year’s event had to be held in the main lodge as life-giving rain fell outside.
Here now is a look back at a joy-filled weekend in Treaty One.
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PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES
As National Immunization Week comes to a close, the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) is encouraging everyone to make sure that you and your loved ones are up to date when it comes to measles vaccines.
Getting vaccinated is the best way to protect yourself and your children. Measles vaccines are offered free of charge.
Measles is extremely contagious. It is spread through the air and by sharing personal items, such as water bottles, cigarettes, or lip gloss.
With pow wow, Treaty days, and graduation seasons fast approaching, it’s vital that your vaccinations are up to date.
For more information, please contact your nursing station, health centre, or health care provider.
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SCO SEEKING VISUAL ARTISTS: APPLY BY APRIL 29
The Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) is seeking a visual artist from an SCO member Nation to honour Survivors and those impacted by residential schools, day schools, the Sixties Scoop, and the national emergency of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, two spirit, and gender-diverse (MMIWG2S+) people.
The artist will be commissioned to create a mural to be displayed as part of SCO’s Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn, or ‘it is visible’ project, in the former Hudson’s Bay building in downtown Winnipeg.
The “Remembering Together” mural will serve as a visible commemoration of the impacts of residential schools, day schools, the Sixties Scoop, and MMIWG2S+, while also celebrating resilience in spite of the devastating and ongoing impacts of colonization.
Apply for this opportunity is tomorrow, April 29, 2024 at 4:30 pm CST.
Read the full details on the call for visual artists and how to apply here: scoinc.mb.ca/pathways-healing-program/
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FROM THE CIRCLE TO THE CLASSROOM…
The children who attend the Chan Kaga Otina Dakota Wayawa Tipi School in the Birdtail Sioux Dakota First Nation have a champion in their midst.
Dariun Brown is a champion Men’s Fancy Dancer, and a champion of the pow wow culture. The 24 year old has been dancing since he was just 2 years of age!
He has danced and drummed all over Turtle Island.
When he’s not wowing specators, Dariun is an Educational Assistant at Birdtail Sioux.
Along with land-based instructor Dusty Hanska, he is now working to bring a pow wow club to the school for the fall.
The circle at the centre of all pow wows is symbolic of the cycle of life. It’s also a welcoming and all-embracing space that offers everyone the chance to come together in healing and celebration.
Today the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) honours Dariun for wanting to share those positive experiences and teachings with Birdtail’s youngest citizens.
We also want to wish him the very best, as he prepares to “dance his style” on this year’s pow wow trail.
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CURATING CONTENT CREATORS
One of the most popular classrooms in the Sagkeeng Anicinabe High School belongs to Dustin Courchene.
Dustin has been teaching Broadcast Media and Information Communications Technology for five years.
The Sagkeeng citizen graduated in 2001 from the school where he now teaches. Dustin went on to obtain degrees in business and film studies as part of his post-secondary career.
Now he devotes his time to inspiring and educating his students in digital media.
His main goal is to provide them with employable skills directly out of high school.
They learn everything from green screen technology, to how to safely operate a drone.
Evidence reveals that practical learning helps students learn more effectively. A student’s ability to grasp an idea is enhanced more by doing than by hearing about it.
The Southern Chiefs’ Organization salutes Dustin, and all the educators in First Nations, for their dedication in the classroom and for helping our children and youth realize their full potential.
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