Digging Up the Medicines I am standing In a sacred way At the earth’s center Beheld by the people, Seeing the tribe Gathered around me - John Fire Lamedeer (Lakota) Digging Up the Medicines Healing Our Relationships to the Land Through Intergenerational Mentorship
Everything is connected to everything else All my relations/ We are all related
Touching the soil (Re)connecting to the earth
Tending the roots Sharing while caring for the land
Digging up the medicines Recovering the teachings “No nation ever existed without the fortitude of our grandmothers, and all of those teachings have to be somehow recovered. And it will be up to these young people – well, like yourself – young women that are just digging up and going around – they’ve got to dig up the medicines, to heal the people. And the medicines, in this case, are the teachings. They’ve got to dig them up! You’ve got to find them.” - Elder Danny Musqua (Anishinaabe)
Composting the waste Beauty in transformation
Sharing the harvest Reciprocity as a way of life
Planting the seeds Working towards healing
Giving thanks Honouring the relationships