Pvska Oti Ibalhto with squash and pinto beans
In this piece, Misty Underwood, Program Coordinator, Indigenous Pathways at Queen’s University, reflects on the transformative power of remembering; remembering her foremothers, homelands, ancestral seeds and foodways.
I walk in the footsteps of my foremothers;
I carry their stories and seeds.
I walk in their path, with ceremony growing corn and beans;
I am given life.
I walk as they have walked praying, singing, dreaming;
I walk along my journey,
Ever spiraling
I know that my path is never lonely.
Each step I walk in my foremothers’ footsteps is a step upon the sacred path, Continue Reading »