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Creator - Hear my prayer ~ Poem by James Beard aka Noodin

By James B. Beard aka Noodin
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Creator - Hear my prayer    View from Manitoulin Island - Ontario, CA         When I hurt the most Self will t’was true Self will had failed And God’s will new I learned to love him And accept And love for me was the effect As love for God And myself grew I learned to share that love with you Jan 1986  Poem by James B Beard            Denver Please Repost this Article! James Beard aka Noodin                Cultural Storyteller, Educator, Speaker,                Author ...
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Who is a woman who’s made an impact on your life?

By James B. Beard aka Noodin
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  Celebrating  Josephine Mandamin  Walks for the Water! James Beard aka noodin -- March 8, 2026 Josephine Mandamin Celebrating Josephine Henrietta Trudeau February 21, 1942 Died February 22, 2019 (aged 77) Wikwemikong First Nation and Canada Josephine Mandamin ( Anishinaabemowin : Biidaasige-ba, "The one who comes with the light". Anishinaabe grandmother, elder and founding member of the water protectors movement. A member of Wikwemikong First Nation , Mandamin was a survivor of the Canadian Indian residential school system and cofounder of the Mother Earth Water Walkers . During her 77 years, she walked about 25,000 miles around the shorelines of all the Great Lakes , and other waterways of North America, carrying a pail of water, to bring awareness to the need to protect the waters from pollution. Early life From 1948 to 1954 Josephine attended the St. Joseph' Residential School for Girls in Spanish, Ontario. Josephine moved to Thunder Bay in 1979. Th...
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