Here’s a beautiful Passamaquoddy paddle from the National Museum of the American Indian. I hope to carve one like this sometime this winter, but with a bit of a different grip.
We’re all neighbours: that’s the reality. This land has the potential for social greatness. And within this cultural mosaic lies the essential ingredient of freedom - acceptance. That’s an Aboriginal principle I’ve learned. When you know your neighbours, when you can lean over the fence and hear each other’s stories, you foster understanding, harmony, and community.
— Richard Wagamese “One Native Life”
Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you realise that you cannot
Eat money.
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you realise that you cannot
Eat money.
— Cree Prophesy (via hollythiessen)
