Ogimakamik Lodge of Leadership, September 8-11, 2014
Turtle Lodge, Sagkeeng First Nation, Manitoba, Canada
September 8-11, 2014: Every Evening Beginning at 7 pm, Potluck Feast at 5:30 pm
Please Bring your Traditional Regalia to wear in the Evenings, when we will be dancing in the Ogimakamik Lodge (Outdoors, beside the Turtle Lodge). This Ogimakamik Lodge of Leadership will coincide with the Igniting the Fire Gathering, focusing on Traditional Parenting, taking place during the Days of September 8-11, and the September 8 Full Moon Ceremony (Waatebagaawe-Giizis – Leaves of Colour Moon).
Through the Sacred Lodges of my people, I have been given instruction to initiate a gathering of leaders.
It is with great pleasure that I invite you to attend this special ceremonial event on the evenings of September 8-11, 2014. The Grandmothers and Elders of our Nations will help support the initiation of the leaders that attend.
Today, more than ever, we are challenged to come together to work together in the spirit of respect for all life. Our children are expecting us to have the courage to plant a seed that can act as a foundation for restoring the world. Such a foundation would be based on universal values that can help bring us to have a much closer, sacred relationship with the Earth.
Your participation as a distinguished leader would complement and lend support to this gathering of other recognized leaders. I hope you will attend.
Yours in peace,
Nii Gaani Aki Inini (Leading Earth Man)
Dave Courchene
Anishnabe Nation, Eagle Clan
Invitation from the Turtle Lodge
Dave Courchene (Nii Gaani Aki Inini)
Requests the Honour of Your Presence
At The
Turtle Lodge
International Centre for Indigenous
Education and Wellness
Sagkeeng, Manitoba
For a Special Event:
Ogimakamik
A Lodge of Leadership Initiation
September 8-11, 2014
Potluck Feasts at 5:30 pm, Ceremonial Lodge (Outdoors) Begins at 7 pm each Evening
Following the Ancient Protocols of
The Elders of our Nation, the Turtle Lodge Will Help
Support and Celebrate the Initiation of Leaders From Many Walks of Life
In the Traditional Ways of the First Peoples,
Through Song and Ceremony.
Please bring a Prepared Dish to Share at the
Potluck Feasts each Evening at 5:30 pm
Thereafter, You are Invited to Enter the Ogimakamik Lodge
Every Evening Sept 8-11 Beginning at 7 pm
For Ceremonial Dancing and Prayer
There will be a Full Moon Ceremony inside the Ogimakamik Lodge
Dusk September 8, 2014
All Are Welcome to Attend
Please Wear Your Traditional Regalia &
Please Bring a Yellow Cloth Offering for the Full Moon Ceremony
