Zhiibaahaasing shares cultural teachings with community – Anishinabek News
April 8, 2026
ZHIBAAHAASING — Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory Nokomis Martina Osawamick and Sagamok Anishnawbek Councillor Leroy Bennett shared teachings during the Zhiibaahaasing Cultural Speaker Series Stages of Life and Ceremonies session on March 23 at the Zhiibaahaasing Complex.
“I used my four-coloured cloth on the floor and I had medicines around there and a candle,” Nokomis Osawamick says. “Starting from the east, I had the colour of yellow, and I talked about the good life and traditionally how we raised our children to the best way.”
Nokomis Osawamick says she shared some cultural stories as well as her own personal stories as a grandmother, including about the placenta, umbilical cord, tikinagan, moss bag, Walking Out Ceremony, and Naming Ceremony.
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