From the Land and from a Metis hereditary chief
Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 10:07 am
My name is Great Bear Woman and I was born with a birthmark in the shape of a spearhead that changes into an eagle feather. I am a Fidler too. I was born in Atikokan, a place called Caribou Bones. The history and music flow through me. We are Aboriginal peoples and for some of us the ways of the land flow with an ancient history of peace. There are ways of Peace, Law, and Survival that go deep within us. I have come to find that Metis people are ready more now to Indigenous, plant the roots of the tree deeply with the history. At the triple water shed is a history of how the Fur Trade was run though the ways of the drum. Grand Portage is on both sides of the border for a reason that had to do with the multicultural ways of gathering to outline the rules of the fur trade. Peace was maintained for a long time. Where did these ways of trade come from? The music of the muskox, have woken up in me because of the concerns for safety on the land. When a concern comes, I have to go deep into the ways that come to find solutions.
Metis history comes from ways that are a part of the time prior to first contact. The fiddle and the jig is not so far away from the dance of the chickadee or the ancient ways of the eagle dance. There are long journeys that are within us and the music is alive.
Last summer a white eagle flew towards me and called out, "Be a chief", I am not sure how to be a chief with the Fidlers, but I am one. I had gone to the original herd of buffalo and was reminded of the gentle strength and family. Then the white eagle flew.
For me leadership in the old way is to allow others to use their strengths as we move forward. I am not sure how a chief can best help within the Metis Community. The muskox songs for safety, the song of the wolf, the caribou, the bear, the buffalo, and the water are all wakening for a reason. Where do I begin with the call from the White Eagle? It flew from the east to not far from where I live, an old story beginning anew. Gather at the water as it flew there.
Thank you to those who have helped with this web site.
Shaun Hains
Metis history comes from ways that are a part of the time prior to first contact. The fiddle and the jig is not so far away from the dance of the chickadee or the ancient ways of the eagle dance. There are long journeys that are within us and the music is alive.
Last summer a white eagle flew towards me and called out, "Be a chief", I am not sure how to be a chief with the Fidlers, but I am one. I had gone to the original herd of buffalo and was reminded of the gentle strength and family. Then the white eagle flew.
For me leadership in the old way is to allow others to use their strengths as we move forward. I am not sure how a chief can best help within the Metis Community. The muskox songs for safety, the song of the wolf, the caribou, the bear, the buffalo, and the water are all wakening for a reason. Where do I begin with the call from the White Eagle? It flew from the east to not far from where I live, an old story beginning anew. Gather at the water as it flew there.
Thank you to those who have helped with this web site.
Shaun Hains