Dear Colleagues,
Please consider attending a Water Ceremony on Sunday June 25th at
Whey-ah-Wichen / Cates Park in North Vancouver.
bit.ly/WaterCeremony
This is a great opportunity for you and your friends and family
to take part in an Indigenous led ceremony to honour water and
water protectors. All welcome.
This is the fourth and final of a series of water ceremonies. The
ceremony will be led by Elder Minnie (Grinder) Kenoras, Red
Hummingbird Woman (Judy Wilson) and Sun Woman (JoAnne Buffalo),
Xaliya (Ta7ah – Amy George), Ts’simtelot (Charlene Aleck) and
Roxanne Charles.
“In this Water Ceremony we honour water that is coming from the
source. Water is living. Water is Sacred. By our ceremony we let
water know we are here for water. We let Creator know, in mind,
body, and spirit that we are here to help water. We recognize that
water is more important than oil and gas. Industry, extractive
resources and pollutants go into the water. In this way there is a
lot of harm happening to our water. We all have to be able to work
together in turning around this destructive path that we are on.”
-Red Hummingbird Woman (Judy Wilson) long time political leader
and advocate for Secwépemcul’ecw and Indigenous Rights.
The first Water Ceremony in this series was held on the banks of
the Fraser River on May 29, 2021. Indigenous leaders and
supporters gathered partly in response to Trans Mountain’s plans
to begin drilling under the Fraser River. Since then two other
water ceremonies have been offered at Kwekwecnewtxw – Coast Salish
Watch House on Burnaby Mountain, in association with HUG the
Mountain. This ceremony closes the series by recognizing &
honouring youth water protectors, as well as water walkers, water
carriers, wisdom keepers, and other helpers.
for more details: bit.ly/WaterCeremony
-- Michael T. Schmitt, PhD Simon Fraser University Department of Psychology 8888 University Drive Burnaby BC, Canada V5A 1S6 The SFU Burnaby campus is located on the unceded traditional territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam, and Kwikwetlem Nations. mschmitt@sfu.ca https://schmittlabca.wordpress.com/