Healing ceremony held in Winnipeg to honour Indigenous peoples
CBC
A Monday pipe ceremony provided an opportunity for Indigenous people in Winnipeg to process ongoing trauma, and for settlers to take stock of what they're thankful for.
The ceremony, held at the Oodena Circle at The Forks, was held in honour of Indigenous People's Day, which U.S. President Joe Biden declared on Monday, officially renaming the federal holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus.
"The point is to centre ourselves in spirit as a way to promote healing for a lot of anger and grief due to the legacy of genocide, residential schools and also the layers of trauma that our community is going through," said Sadie-Phoenix Lavoie, one of the organizers of the ceremony.
Fellow organizer Brielle Beardy-Linklater said the event is honouring a vision she received from the Creator.
"What's a more fitting way to bring my community together than doing a ceremony and praying together?"
Hosting the event over the Thanksgiving long weekend was done intentionally. Some critics say the holiday whitewashes the oppression Indigenous people suffered at the hands of European settlers.
Columbus's arrival in 1492 began centuries of exploration and colonization by European nations, bringing violence, disease and other suffering to Indigenous people already living in the Western Hemisphere.
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