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Due to our other various commitments, this will page will be updated and finalized as the time to work on it becomes available, we apologize for not having the background information on the Argyle Ribbon Project fully completed at this time.
Please bear with us as we bring this document up to our preferred standard of quality and refinement.
Panel 1
Three Sisters
– Corn, Beans, Squash
– An example of Indigenous ways of agriculture and community
– Grown together and work in harmony to help each other grow and were viewed as life
supporting plants to support communities
Panel 2
Four Sacred Medicines
– Tobacco, Cedar, Sage, Sweetgrass
– Tobacco is the first plant that creation gave to the Anishinaabe. Three other plants, sage, cedar and sweetgrass, follow tobacco, and together they are referred to as the four sacred medicines. All of them can be used to smudge with, in everyday life, and in ceremonies. It is said that tobacco sits in the
eastern door, sweetgrass in the southern door, sage in the west and cedar in the north.
Panel 3 and 4
Strawberry Teaching – Heart Berry
– Known as the Heart of the Earth or Heart Berry
– The heart berry helps us understand the connection between the mind, body, spirit, and emotions. We need our heart to guide us in order to maintain personal balance.
– Strawberries are an important food and medicine to many nations
– The strawberry is the only fruit with its seeds on the surface to remind us that we, as humans, are the seeds of Mother Earth as we walk upon her. The strawberry symbolically represents Mother Earth, as a part of our ‘Original Instructions’ to honour our sacred food as a reminder of the connection between Sacred Earth and Sacred Self.
Panel 5 and 6
– Tobacco one of the four sacred medicines
-Strawberry Teaching – Heart Berry
-Wampum Belt: beadwork example of the treaty between the Haudenashanee and the Dutch people in the area
-Argyle BIA Diamonds
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