Contact - First Nations
How do you find the person who will accept your offering?
Do you randomly go to a band office or a tribal council office and say, "Hi, I have a Gratitude and Respect Offering for you."?
It will be confusing for the recipient and it will be awkward for the person making the offering. But we are in no position to request ceremony. Use the letter on the HowTo: post. Self-identify as a descendant of settlers, or immigrants and let them know where you live, within their treaty territory, or their unceded territory.
Perhaps a phone call, or a preliminary meeting to say you are coming. You could send an email, with a link to GARO - Gratitude And Respect Offering ahead of time.
It is at the discretion of the person making the offering. Find an elder if you do not want to meet with the Chief or Council. Ask a friend to take you, or talk to someone you know.
It is hard to articulate this complex process, but through GARO - it will be made easier.
It is voluntary. It is personal.
We do not need accountability. We benefit from flowing gratitude and showing respect.
Here is a Government of Canada link that lists every First Nation in the Country. These are contacts via the crown, and are not direct First Nation representatives, but they can guide us to the correct people. Inuit are also represented in this link.
Here is a link to the Métis National Council. In the header is a link to each Métis organization from Ontario, westward.
Do you randomly go to a band office or a tribal council office and say, "Hi, I have a Gratitude and Respect Offering for you."?
It will be confusing for the recipient and it will be awkward for the person making the offering. But we are in no position to request ceremony. Use the letter on the HowTo: post. Self-identify as a descendant of settlers, or immigrants and let them know where you live, within their treaty territory, or their unceded territory.
Perhaps a phone call, or a preliminary meeting to say you are coming. You could send an email, with a link to GARO - Gratitude And Respect Offering ahead of time.
It is at the discretion of the person making the offering. Find an elder if you do not want to meet with the Chief or Council. Ask a friend to take you, or talk to someone you know.
It is hard to articulate this complex process, but through GARO - it will be made easier.
It is voluntary. It is personal.
We do not need accountability. We benefit from flowing gratitude and showing respect.
Here is a Government of Canada link that lists every First Nation in the Country. These are contacts via the crown, and are not direct First Nation representatives, but they can guide us to the correct people. Inuit are also represented in this link.
Here is a link to the Métis National Council. In the header is a link to each Métis organization from Ontario, westward.
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