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Circles for Reconciliation 2024 Newsletter

By Circles April 10, 2025News

The Circles for Reconciliation team is pleased to present our 2024 Newsletter. We know that you will find many stories of hope and advancement of the reconciliation journey within the pages. This edition of the newsletter has been edited and designed through the dedicated creative work of Leena Tetrault, our volunteer social media and web content person. Leena is also a full-time student at the University of Winnipeg pursuing studies in biochemistry and Indigenous studies. Leena’s work follows the contributions of Rick Demas who had completed the editorship of our 2023 edition just before his untimely passing on April 8th, 2024.…

National Indigenous Peoples Day Photo Gallery

By Circles September 4, 2023News

Circles for Reconciliation (CFR) served up over 600 hot dogs and burgers at this year's National Indigenous Peoples Day which took place on June 21 at Sargeant Tommy Prince Place in Winnipeg’s North End.Close to 800 people attended our first ever summer solstice event enjoying the performances of invited PowWow dancers, Inuit Throat Singers, the music of Morgan Grace on fiddle accompanied by Steven Ginther on guitar as well as the affable antics provided by Charles Lauder, aka, Sleepy the Clown. Attendees also witnessed the building of a traditional Indigenous Teepee, courtesy of Retired Corporal Lester V. Houle of the…

The Winnipeg administrative offices of Circles for Reconciliation are on Treaty 1 territory – the traditional land of the Ininiw (Cree), Anishinábé (Ojibwé), Anisininew (Ojibwé Cree), Dakota and Dene people, as well as the Birthplace of the Métis Nation and the Heart of the Métis Homeland. Circles for Reconciliation is an Indigenous-led non-profit corporation, with at least 51 % of our Board of Directors being peoples of First Nation, Inuit, or Métis status. Circles for Reconciliation is a registered charity, registration no. 748256930 RR 0001.
Circles for Reconciliation is grateful for all who have joined the journey to reconciliation on the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. We acknowledge that Tkaronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa Bands. As of October 31, 2023, we sadly had to lay off the Toronto Team due to severe lack of funding. Our Winnipeg team will continue to address the waiting registrants or hosts in this area.
Artwork by Eugene Demas. Eugene was well featured in Calgary's Bow Museum and known for his use of pencil crayons.

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The Seven Sacred Teachings of the Anishinaabe

These teachings form part of our openings for all Circles.

Circles for Reconciliation Inc. recognizes that all First Nations, Métis and Inuit people have their own cultural teachings that encompass the morals and values of conduct.On page 30 of “Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future.”, it states that The Seven Sacred Teachings of the Anishinaabe—Respect, Courage, Love, Truth, Humility, Honesty, and Wisdom—served as the themes for the seven National Events, and ceremony and traditional observance played an important part in the National Events. It is recognized that there are many adaptions of the teachings. We encourage each circle to adapt the Seven Sacred Teachings of the Anishinaabe to the needs of their circle.

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LOVE: it is more important to care for one another
HONESTY: better to fail with honesty than succeed by fraud
RESPECT: give it, earn it, receive it
TRUTH: it is always easiest to speak the truth
HUMILITY: to be humble about your accomplishments is to be strong
COURAGE: let nothing stand in the way of doing the right thing
WISDOM: with hard work and dedication will come knowledge

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