https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:27:50 +0000 Tue, 25 Jul 2023 13:27:08 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/leaning-struggle “When you hear strong emotions, especially anger, your natural tendency is to back away and perhaps cross your arms to protect yourself. Do Justice https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/leaning-struggle Tue, 25 Jul 2023 13:27:08 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/history-impacts-everyones-reality Not too long ago, the Office of Race Relations was invited to facilitate The Blanket Exercise workshop for a class at Calvin University. It was a group of about 24 students. Viviana Cornejo https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/history-impacts-everyones-reality Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:40:19 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/kill-indian-save-man Recently, we were shocked by the news from Canada about 215 remains of Indigenous children found in Kamloops, British Columbia, at one of the many Indian residential schools. Viviana Cornejo https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/kill-indian-save-man Wed, 23 Jun 2021 11:01:49 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/blanket-exercise-goes-pella-ia April of last year, I received a phone call from a woman in Pella, IA. Her name is Rosemary Daining and she attends Grace Fellowship. Viviana Cornejo https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/blanket-exercise-goes-pella-ia Wed, 05 Feb 2020 14:14:46 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/bead-work-and-ministry-presence As I walked through the doors of the Native Friendship Center and mounted the stairs to the loft, I heard the cheerful laughter that told me my friend was there. No one laughs like Marie*. Kenneth Wallace Ph.D. https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/bead-work-and-ministry-presence Tue, 04 Feb 2020 14:53:01 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/pow-wow-reflections-beauty-and-complexity At the first pow wow I attended, on Bkejwanong Walpole Island First Nation, near Wallaceburg, Ontario, I was maybe seven or eight years old. That beautiful, colourful, and lively event was my first experience with Canada’s First Nations people, and I was in awe. Anita Brinkman https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/pow-wow-reflections-beauty-and-complexity Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:59:51 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/should-crc-endorse-and-lobby-making-undrip In Bill C-262, the federal government of Canada is considering adopting, as Canadian law, the provisions of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Doug Vande Griend https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/should-crc-endorse-and-lobby-making-undrip Wed, 20 Feb 2019 19:49:05 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/imagine-going-out-two-two-deal-racism I am delighted to read/hear about CAM-C. It has been my passion for some time to see a practical side to aboriginal ministry and, more broadly, to the issue of healing and reconciliatio Keith Knight https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/imagine-going-out-two-two-deal-racism Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:30:52 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/sitting-down-other-peoples-circles I had arrived in the city late the night before, and this morning my hosts had driven me and other committee members to the Indigenous Family Centre on Selkirk Avenue in Winnipeg’s north end. Rachel Boehm https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/indigenous-native-american/sitting-down-other-peoples-circles Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:01:14 +0000