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text#TO ALL Relations,
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££THESE WORDS "WE AS WOMEN ARE THE KEEPERS OF THE LANGUAGE AND OF THE WATER" IS A TEACHING FROM VIOLET SHAWANDA A ELDER AND LANGUAGE TEACHER  WHO CAME TO VISIT AND TEACH OUR CLASS ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS. 
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££VIOLET  AND MARY DOKIS, ALSO HELPED WITH A WOMENS DRUM GROUP TINA AND I HAD STARTED AT THE SPOT DOWN TOWN. 
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££MARY DOKIS ALSO WAS VITAL TO THE DRUM GROUP WITH HER KNOWLEDGE OF THE LANGUAGE AND SONGS AND THE TEACHING OF THE DRUM. I AM VERY HONORED THAT THESE WOMEN WERE IN MY LIFE AT THAT TIME.
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££MARY DOKIS AN ELDER AND WHO WAS A GRANDMOTHER TO OUR COMMUNITY, NOW LIVING ON DOKIS RESERVE AND IS A LANGUAGE TEACHER, TEACHING THE YOUNG, HAS TAUGHT US THE SACREDNESS OF OUR LANGUAGE, THE SONGS, AND RESPECT AND COMMITTMENT TO SELF AND OTHERS.
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££THESE SACRED PEOPLE HAVE TAUGHT ME TO OPEN UP MY SPIRIT TO MY ANCESTORS AND WELCOME THEM IN TO HELP ME LEARN WHAT I HAD FORGOTTEN.
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££  THE SEVEN GRANFATHERS
££HERE ARE THE 7 GRANDFATHERS THAT I WAS TAUGHT AND TRY TO LIVE THEM EACH DAY OF MY LIFE. 
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££THE SPELLING COMES FROM GORDON SHAWANDA IN THE BOOK ANISHNAABEMOWIN
££MIINWA ANISHNAABE ZHEYAAWIN
££OUR LANGUAGE, OUR CULTURE
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££WISDOM         NBWAAKAAWIN
££LOVE           ZAAGIDWIN
££RESPECT        MNAADENDIWIN
££BRAVERY        AAKDEHWEIN
££HONESTY        GWEKWAADZIWIN
££HUMILITY       DBASENDIZWIN
££TRUTH          DEBWEWIN
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££IN RESPECT FOR THE ONES WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE, FOR THE ONES HERE NOW, AND FOR THE ONES YET TO COME.
££MIIGWECH 
££WEWENI
££CORINNE
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££IF ANY OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE IN the OJIBWE CLASS WITH ME END UP READING THIS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO COME TO CLASS YOU HELPED ME SO MUCH. 
££AS YOU ALL KNOW WE NEEDED EACH OTHER AND THE NUMBERS TO KEEP IT RUNNING.
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££THANKS TO DON COUCHIE FOR COMING TO OUR HOME CITY FOR 3 YEARS TO BE OUR TEACHER AND MENTOR.
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text#MOONS OF THE YEAR
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££MNIDOO GIIZIS      SPIRIT MOON JANUARY
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