Going Beyond The Land Acknowledgement with Elder Dr. Dave Courchene

Recording of a visual conversation with Elder Dr. Dave Courchene — Nii Gaani Aki Innini (Leading Earth Man) — a respected Elder and Knowledge Keeper of the Anishinaabe Nation who has devoted his life to sharing Indigenous knowledge, carrying a message of hope, peace and environmental stewardship. In 2002, Elder Dr. Courchene founded the Turtle Lodge International Centre for Indigenous Education and Wellness, a sacred lodge recognized internationally and by Indigenous Knowledge Keepers as well as the Assembly of First Nations and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs as one of the most important gathering places for Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

In this video Elder Dr. Courchene shares the knowledge on how we can form deeper connection to the land that we move on. The conversation is followed by Q&A.

To support the efforts of the Turtle Lodge please donate via http://www.turtlelodge.org/donate/

Anton Treuer explains the origin and function of the clan system in Ojibwe culture and how it has changed over time. Narration is in English with some Ojibwe vocabulary. March 28, 2021

Panel Discussion with Knowledge Keepers – Part 1/ June 23, 2020

(Canada)

In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, Anishinaabe Elder Dr. David Courchene, Métis Cree knowledge keeper Maria Campbell, and Inuk professor and Elder Dr. Karla J. Williamson participated in a panel discussion with Canadian Ministers Carolyn Bennett, Marc Miller, and Dan Vandal. This first installment in a two-part conversation touches on a variety of important topics to Indigenous peoples across Canada.(transcript)

Wolf Joe is an exciting and brand-new animated series that follows the daily adventures of Joe, a young First Nations boy who, with his two best friends, is inspired by the universal values of The Seven Teachings Wheel to explore his Indigenous culture, heritage, and identity. Premiered January 8, 2021. 

The Turtle Lodge Presents a Special Winter Solstice Presentation: “Lighting the Sacred Fire.”

Highlighting Turtle Lodge Knowledge Keepers Elder Dr. Dave Courchene, Grandmother Jane Meader, Hereditary Chief Stephen Augustine, and Grandmother Katherine Whitecloud.  

Featuring Entertainers Buffy Sainte-Marie & Serena Ryder, and Music by Melissa Etheridge & Archie Roach!

We hope you enjoy it. 

The journey as it is known is the spiritual work Native peoples use to transform painful experiences into meaning and purpose.  It takes courage to show up for one’s life and respect.

Since 1989 the NW Coastal Indians have participated in a Canoe Journey to villages on the ancestral highways of the Salish Sea. The commitment to be a part of this means joining a canoe family that excludes members from alcohol or drug use. This is a spiritual commitment and people who are in recovery are urged to join as it brings healing to themselves, their family, and the tribe.

Producers: David Okimoto, Ed Barnhart, Stephanie Tompkins

Director/Editor: Paul Steinbroner

Camera Crew: David Okimoto, Joe Barnhart, Captain Wallace Watts, Selena Rodriquez

Special Thanks to the Northwest Indian Treatment Center

Elma, Washington

Carolyn Hartness

The Squaxin, Suquamish, and S'Kllallam Tribes

Contact Paul Steinbroner for information at ?(541) 941-5317.

Opening Keynote Address, Reciprocal Healing: Nature, Health, and Wild Vitality - A National Confluence: November 05, 2019, Sedona, AZ.

Healing by the Earth is medicine, a verb, not a noun and is healing.

Reciprocal Healing: Fostering Kinship and Reciprocity with Robin Wall Kimmerer

September 2016

Importance of sacred lands and the importance of Standing Rock to climate change and taking care of our lands.

A mix of presentations in a six hour live stream from World Peace and Prayer Day (2020). Introduced by Chief Arvol Looking Horse and a presentation by Guy Jones, Hunkpapa Lakota, Newark EarthWorks, Ohio, U.S.A. 

Craig Santos Perez

Craig is a Professor in the English Department at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he teaches creative writing, eco-poetry, and Pacific literature. He is affiliate faculty with the Center for Pacific Islands Studies and the Indigenous Politics Program. He served as Chair of the Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Islander Board in the Office of General Education (2017-2020), and as the Director of the Creative Program (2014-2016 and 2019-2020).