1. 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

2. Everything is connected to everything else
All my relations/ We are all related

3. Touching the soil
(Re)connecting to the earth

4. Tending the roots
Sharing while caring for the land

5. 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)

6. Composting the waste
Beauty in transformation

7. Sharing the harvest
Reciprocity as a way of life

8. Planting the seeds
Working towards healing

9. Giving thanks
Honouring the relationships