Faith in Wahkowtowin and your interconnection with all things doesn’t start when your spirit enters you.

“We are all part of the sacred circle of life that starts with our ancestors,” Marilyn explains. “Some don’t get the chance to learn their family and community traditional teachings until later in life, but that does not make them less sacred than others. We all carry our Creator’s faith, no matter how we refer to our Creator.”

Marilyn will share how Indigenous concepts of time, practicing the sacred ways, and having food feeds our spirits and how we need to celebrate everyone’s place in the circle of life.

Marilyn notes that unlike fiddleheads, which become poisonous outside of their season, growing a spiritual faith has no time limit—It’s not a race, it’s a journey. It is important to be supportive, and help others grow their spiritual faith eggs and never be poisonous fiddleheads.

Join the summer solstice pipe ceremony and potluck feast to celebrate everyone’s place in the circle of life and interconnection.

Please bring a food item to share. Note that pork products and nut products cannot be brought to the ceremonial potluck feast.

Workshop

This workshop is part of a monthly Wahkowtowin and Ways of Being series led by Knowledge Keeper Marilyn Dykstra. Each month, we will explore a variety of moon, pole and tea teachings in the Cree tradition.

Wahkowtowin – which translates to kinship – highlights how relationships, communities and the natural world are all interconnected.

Participants will discover and reflect on their connections with each other, with balance and with human rights through teachings and a traditional tea.