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One Stroke At A Time….A Paddling Primer….Omering….And Other Paddling...
I’ve listed online paddling info here before….but I’m working on a demo of canoe paddling….and I thought I’d post some of this info again….plus some new info I found….so here is an overview of...
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Stained Glass Window Reflecting On Residential Schools
People are like stained – glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. - Elizabeth...
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Native Paddlers….And Horse Riders….On Way To New York City
First, the canoe connects us to Ma-ka-ina, Mother Earth, from which we came and to which we must all return. Councils of those who were here before us revered the earth and also the wind, the rain, and...
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Community Canoe Project
From Community Canoe Project Campaign: Welcome to the Community Canoe crowdfunding campaign My name is Ranger Aidan, and I’d like to put a Community Canoe Garden in your neighbourhood! What’s a...
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Henry David Thoreau: Food For Thought
From Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau, comes this brief description of who Henry David Thoreau was: Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau; July 12, 1817 – May 6,...
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The Wolf As A Teacher
Revisting the wolf as a teacher….for my favourite Ma’iingan (wolf) kwe who has taught me much already….and has more yet to teach…. “Perhaps it was the eyes of the wolf, measured, calm, knowing. Perhaps...
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Two Important Books On Wood Canvas Canoes
I have been rereading Building The Maine Guide Canoe By Jerry Stelmok (this is a direct link to the online book from Google.com). This was one of the first books on building wood canvas canoes….it was...
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A Bit On The History Of Canoe Building In Peterborough
Some of the canoes from Peterborough area builders in the Canadian Canoe Museum (in Peterborough of course). Aerial view showing the industries of downtown Peterborough, circa 1918 One of the earliest...
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“You Use A Wood Canvas Canoe To Trip With????”
There is usually discussion about tripping with a wood canvas canoe. I thought I would post on some of those thoughts here….with some quotes from others: I have always believed that the Canadian Wooden...
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New Paul Mason Comic Worth Sharing
From Paul Mason, a new comic that I thought was really worth sharing….on several different websites, including ‘Undercurrents’, http://undercurrents.ca/. Paul described this comic on Facebook as:...
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8th Fire’s Essential Reads List
8th Fire’s Essential Reads List 8th Fire is a multiplatform, multicultural documentary project that explores the richness and diversity of Aboriginal cultures and Canada’s complex 500-year relationship...
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Using A Tumpline To Portage A Canoe (Especially A Wood Canvas Canoe)….And...
I have used a tumpline….as well as a yoke….the tumpline was good especially if no yoke present….many find carved yokes are not satisfactory for portaging….and prefer a tumpline on a centre thwart…. I...
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Songs Of The Voyageurs
For 24 years I was a light canoeman. I required but little sleep, but sometimes got less than I required. No portage was too long for me; all portages were alike. My end of the canoe never touched the...
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The Poet And The Song
Thought I would share this from the late Native artist and poet, Michael Robinson (http://www.michaelrobinson.ca/2007/new/2007poet-and-the-song.html): The Poet and the Song Born on a star path worn by...
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Taking Another Look At Our Home And Native Land?!?!?….OR Is It Our Home On...
I think of the issues faced by Canada’s Native peoples….and how this current government has treated First Nations….and then think again how almost all (if not all) governments have treated Canada’s...
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Some More Recent Art Work Of Mine
I have gotten back into painting over the past year. I posted several art pieces I had done over the past year. Here are some photos of my more recent work:
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Thoughts On Missing Aboriginal Women And Fewer Numbers Of Monarch Butterflies
I wanted to do something in support of Christi Belcourt’s Walking With Our Sisters project (I wasn’t able to get any vamps beaded in time). So I donated a painting….through the Auction for Action...
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More On Voyageurs
Spending time online I came across several songs inspired by the voyageurs….and in a previous post I did mention a musical journey by voyageur canoe….but I also came across a couple of short videos on...
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Ghosts Of The Voyageurs: Thoughts On A Sigurd F. Olson Quote
From The Sigurd F. Olson Website, http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/research/sigurd_olson/contents.htm, comes this quote: Such vivid awareness is swiftly lost today, but if it can be held into adulthood it...
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