Hour 1<\/p>\n
For Vicki Kelly, Anishinaabe\/Metis scholar and my dear teacher and friend:<\/p>\n
Vicki<\/p>\n
she sat across the table from me in silence until her mouth opened from the centre of the centre to release words I only dreamed to hear:<\/p>\n
Go back to the teachings of your Ancestors<\/p>\n
never doubting I knew who I was allowed me to be who I knew I was beyond the 23\u2019n me shackles science to know the certainty of<\/p>\n
my heart\u2019s knowing \u2013<\/p>\n
Where my blood and marrow knows the songs of my people<\/p>\n
even if my throat does not<\/p>\n
yet.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
She taught me to sing my songs from the spirit she coaxed forward out of shadow<\/p>\n
with kindness<\/p>\n
patience<\/p>\n
and humility<\/p>\n
reserved for our wisest Elders.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Now I take shaky, tentative,<\/p>\n
Tender-footed, baby steps toward my Ancestors<\/p>\n
From the loving words of the one who speaks from the centre.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u00a9 r. l. elke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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