This essay arrived on an email from my friend Anne Stadler. It’s by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, the author of “Women who run with the Wolves“: “For many decades, worldwide, souls just like us have been felled and left for dead in so many ways over and over brought down by naivete, by lack of love, by being ambushed and assaulted by various cultural and personal shocks in the extreme. We have a history of being gutted, and yet remember this especially ‘ we have also, of necessity, perfected the knack of resurrection. Over and over again we have been the …
Last week I pointed to the Sliammon treaty office website. There are more and more fantastic First Nations websites out there, all putting out the story of how communities and nations are trying to meet the challenges of living in a colonial context while expressing their own identity and striving towards a relationship with themselves and their neighbours that results in freedom. I thought I’d point you to some of these sites on a somewhat regular basis. A First Nations Monday kind of thing. Even if you aren’t especially interested in the struggles of First Nations in Canada, there are …