East Side Smudge Ceremony at Main and Hastings, June 2010

· Reflection

With Brother Robert Nahanee and his beloved wife, Judy Bob at the East Side Smudge Ceremony seven years ago, June 20, 2010! Koda Darcy Demas and the Ocean Side Dakota Drum were our drummers. The four year Ceremonial Process was wonderfully organized by Darla Goodwin and her team of Indigenous women. All members of the Human Family were symbolically honored of the Four Directions of the Sacred Circle, Red, Yellow, Black and White at the intersection of Main and Hastings! Pictures and a video.

An elder in a full eagle-feather headdress holds a feather fan, beside a man in a blue headband cradling a bundle, among people gathered on a city street.

An elder in a feather headdress and beaded regalia holding a white feather fan stands beside a woman wrapped in a red blanket.

An elder in a feather headdress speaks into a microphone in the street, with women beside him and a crowd gathered behind.

A smiling boy in glasses and a white buffalo shirt sits on a folding chair holding a feather fan, beside a seated woman.

An elder in a feather headdress holding a feather fan walks with a boy in a white buffalo shirt and a woman carrying a star quilt.

An elder in a feather headdress and patterned shirt stands with eyes lowered, holding a feather fan, as others gather around.

A drum group seated in a circle sings in the middle of the street as a large crowd stands around them.

Women in red blankets and a woven cedar hat stand in the street holding drums, with a crowd and a pharmacy storefront behind.

A man in a blue headband holds a bundle near a smudge smoke as women in regalia raise their hands in front of the Carnegie Community Centre.