FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION – ABORIGINAL – Fort William First Nation will be host to a Traditional Teachers and Visiting Elders Program this weekend:
Traditional Teachers & Visiting Elders Program
EAGLE STAFF TEACHINGS
Community Centre/Bingo Hall
Saturday, March 15, 2014
CULTURAL ROOM
9am – 4pm
Traditional Teacher: Chief Dean Sayers, Batchewana First Nation of Ojibways
A C T I V I T I E S
Opening Ceremony
Eagle Staff Purpose & Protocols
Honouring Our Veterans
Eagle Staff Construction
Young Leaders Eagle Staff
Anemki Wahjewh Drum
Closing Ceremony
CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT
For more information contact; Cultural Coordinator: bear@fwfn.com 622.4998
Eagle Staff Teachings
Agenda
9:00am – 9:30am OPENING CEREMONY
Victor Pelletier, Elder
Sacred Pipe & Water: Chief Dean Sayers, Batchewana
Welcoming Remarks: Chief Georjann Morriseau, FWFN
9:30am – 10:15am Eagle Staff Teachings: Chief Dean Sayers
Origins & Purpose
10:15am – 10:30am B R E A K ALL
10:30am – 12:00pm Eagle Staff Protocols: Chief Dean Sayers
12:00pm – 1:00p: B U F F E T L U N C H
Deer Meat Stew, Fish, Blueberries, Water
1:00pm – 2:30pm Teachings of the Area: Victor Pelletier and Myles Pervais
2:30 pm – 2:45pm B R E A K
2:45pm – 3:45pm Eagle Staff Construction: Chief Dean Sayers
3:45pm – 4:00pm CLOSING CEREMONY
Victor Pelletier, Elder
Anemki Wahjewh FWFN Youth Drum
