Kaitiakitanga
Kaitiakitanga Program and Network
Te Whaiti Nui-a-Toi children
guard and share Whirinaki,
their culture, language and values
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Presenting at Sharing Indigenous Wisdom Conference - Project Report:Description:
We record our sincere thanks to the College of the Menominee Nation who organised this great event on behalf of all the indigenous peoples of our world. Thanks for sharing our Tipu Ake presentation with others via your website. The Photo gallery from the conference conveys its great richness. Some wonderful frendships and networks were made there, that we want to cultivate and get our children involved with as well. Some weeks ofter his return when Claude was asked if he had got over the trip, his reply was "That is somethng I will never get over - it has changed me for ever" After the conference they spent three days as guests of Rhea Miller and Sandy on Lopez Island, North of Seattle, who in March had attended a Tipu Ake / Kaitiakitanga retreat in Te Whaiti. Report on the Conference: Click here for the summary report prepared by Bill van Lopic and Photo Gallery Report by Rhea Miller on the trip to Lopez Island: June 15, 2004 To Whom It May Concern: I wish to acknowledge and document the recent visit of the Ngati Whare delegation from Te Whaiti. I was honored by their visit, as was the Samish Tribal Council in Anacortes. After a short night on a houseboat on Lake Washington in Seattle where we were able to stay after picking up the delegation at the airport, we put ourselves in the HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle Lane) lane of the freeway and drove north to Anacortes arriving on the morning of June 11th. Along the way we drove through the Swinomish Reservation across the river from La Conner. The delegation, host Sandy Bishop and myself met with the Samish Tribal Council in Anacortes. The Samish gave us a lavish breakfast, including smoked salmon and choice cuts of elk meat—traditional fare—as well as eggs, sausage, rolls, pie and coffee. The Samish drummed and sang sacred chants for the delegation, and proceeded to a traditional gifting ceremony, including the gift of a ceremonial drum and a CD of traditional Samish songs. In response, the Te Whaiti delegation gifted a photo of a painting of one of their esteemed ancestors, their first king. The Samish also requested a performance of a Haka, which the delegation obliged. The Samish sent along Victor Underwood, former tribal chair and official escort, with us to the San Juan Islands especially for our travel to the sacred lands of the Samish. Mr. Underwood has dual standing between the countries of Canada and the U.S., and identifies himself as Saanich, the same family as the Samish but on the Saanich peninsula of Vancouver Island, Canada. The tribes did not recognize the boundary distinction that later the U.S. and Canadian governments implemented between them. Outcomes expected: Start Date: Budget: $9000 airfares and travel insurance expenses Nominal Delegation Leader: Earl Rewi Project Team: James Goldsmith, Claude August, Andree Mathieu Issues Register:
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Our Community selected three of its members, Earl Rewi, James Goldsmith and Claude August, to travel to 
Finally, we returned to the home of Sandy Bishop and myself for feasting with invited guests. Our home is a straw bale home with rainwater catchment for all domestic water use and a wastewater garden. Among the invited guests were Doug Bison, great grandson of Lakota Sioux Chief Big Foot killed at Wounded Knee, Seth Nichols of the Kiowa plains tribe and his wife Henria of the Navajo tribe and their three children. Approximately 25 people were present, some of whom have had the opportunity to visit New Zealand themselves. Later in the evening we watched part of a video of the Canoe Journey, a program for young people at risk for alcohol and drug addiction within the coastal Indian tribes. Before retiring, we pointed out the North Star for our guests from the home of the Southern Cross.