Going to Ceremonies!
What do you mean you’re going to Ceremonies? December 1, 2009, by Bob Goulais “I’m going to ceremonies.” If you work for an aboriginal organization or around First Nations people, chances are you may have heard the phrase . You may even know a few people that take time off every few months in order to attend ceremonies. But what does that mean : “ going to ceremonies?” Here’s the answer from an ethnographic, socio-anthropological point-of-view. But please understand that this article is a plain-language, nuts and bolts overview of a very rich and diverse way of life . It certainly does not depict the intense spiritual and intellectual traditions of the Midewiwin way of life. The Midewiwin is holistic in it’s being . Meaning that birth, formal education, higher education, family life, marriage, parenting, value systems, vocations, governance and leadership, laws, the clan system, social st...
