Mission
The purpose of the Seventh Generation Program is to instill traditional Anishinaabe values and behavior into the community.
Objectives to Achieve Goals:
- Provide community access to Indian spiritual tradition
- Sponsor programs which foster unity, understanding and harmony among community members
- Promotes activities which enhance the relationship between people and the natural environment
- Instruct and promote the use of sacred objects and sacred medicines in ceremonies and daily life
- Foster a closer relationship with the Great Spirit through hands-on community and individual spiritual development
- Preserve the cultural, heritage, language and traditions of the Anishinaabe way of life so they can be passed forward into the future
Seventh Generation Program
So that old and young may come together and we may keep alive our cultural, keep alive our traditions, keep alive our language.
The Seventh Generation Program works to create cultural and traditional activities that foster the four directions of our tradition: Body, Mind, Feeling, and Spirit.
The Seventh Generation Program is located at the Elijah Elk Cultural Center, named after our hereditary chief, who was also the first Tribal Council Chief under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1937. The facility was provided in kind by our Tribal Council. Seventh Generation offers a wide range of cultural/traditional events and activities. The facility features Wood Shop, Harvesting maple syrup (Sugar Bush), Stone Carving, Garden, Spiritual/Conference, Four Seasonal Feasts, and Basket Weaving and Instruction.
Seventh Generaton Activities teach the traditional ways by joining together young and old.
- They give our youth a sense of community and role modeling: purpose and spirituality
- They honor our elders and celebrate their knowledge
- They are self supporting
- They tell the community who we are, and what we are about
We invite you to participate at Seventh Generation. Please call or stop by to share your ideas for upcoming activities. Chi-Miigwetch.
