This CeaseFire Petition was created and launched on the 1st of June, 2024.
June 1st is quite special for many reasons.
- June 1st, 2023, the location of the World Peace Shrine was discovered, and the 1st stone laid.
- June 1st, 2008, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was officially established.
- June 1st, is Day One of #IndigenousHistoryMonth & #PTSDawarenessMonth.
- June 1st, 2024, was the One Year Anniversary of the Shrine.
- June 1st, 2024, Lethbridge officially became internationally recognized as a "City of Peace".
- June 1st, was #MonthlyWorldPeaceDay, as it is on the 1st day of every month.
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The Intention of this Petition is in the name of the Greatest Good of all Individuals in and around Lethbridge, as nothing happens in isolation. The Earth and the Sky, the Sun and the Water, the Dears and the Beavers, the Flowers and the Trees, the Birds, and the Bees; the creatures who swim, and those who crawl, the ones who slither, those who climb and those that fly, and all those who enjoy nature, and life, in peace.
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
The Ceasefire represents a Profoundly Historical Opportunity for Our Community
An opportunity where We The People can Truly Stand in Solidarity,
When it counts the most, and in the simplest, and most obvious ways.
An Opportunity when the leadership of our Community can respond Heroically, simply by responding Logically, Rationally, Compassionately, and Promptly, so as to Gracefully receive this Silver Platter of an Opportunity:
A Great Opportunity, in the Name of:
~ Public Healthy & Safety
~ Truth & Reconciliation
~ Becoming Shining & Inspiring Examples,for All Generations, Past, Present & Future.
~ Practically, Symbolically, Historically & Culturally Completing a Great Cycle of Conflict on Sacred Land.
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"The Oldman River basin is the traditional territory of the Piikani Nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy.
The Oldman River is named after Napi, the Old Man,
who is the creator of the Earth and all its living inhabitants.
The Old Man’s Playing Ground,
a place of great cultural significance where Piikani people gathered to play games,
is located along the headwaters of the Oldman River."
~ Source: The Canadian Encyclopedia - "The Old Man River"
Personally, I love the name: "The Old Man River", "Belly River", and "Peace Park", which was proposed as a named change in 2020.
~ "The Colonial Impact of the Erasure of Blackfoot Miistakistsi Place Names in Paahtomahksikimi, Waterton Lakes National Park"
- NINNA PIIKSII, MIKE BRUISED HEAD - Master of Arts, Gonzaga University, 2003 ~ Source
~ Rosie Digout, which calls for the "Change of All Culturally Offensive Names" such as the name "Indian", used in the naming of Parks and Neighbourhoods. For Example: "Indian Battle Park".
"The term Indian, when used to identify Indigenous peoples in South, Central and North America, is considered outdated and offensive. In Canada, the term has been used historically to refer to Indigenous peoples, but it also has modern legal significance. It is used to refer to legally defined identities set out in the Indian Act, such as Indian Status."
~ Source: The Canadian Encyclopedia - "Indian"
~ Source: The Canadian Encyclopedia - "Indian"
WHO IS NAPI?!
"Napi is a trickster. All First Nations have what we call "A Trickster". In some places its Ableegumooch (Mi'kmaq Trickster Animal), in some its Sitconski (Assiniboine Trickster), and for others it could be Raven (Northwest Coast Tribes). Where we live it's "The Old Man, It's Napi (Blackfoot Trickster God). He's powerful and he's foolish; very foolish, just like humans. Although Napi represnts our human side, he tells us how Not to be. The Blackfoot trickster is a shape-shifter." ~ Carl Brave Rock
The Cree Peoples know him Wesakechak (also spelled Wisakedjak); the benevolent culture hero of the Cree tribe (sometimes referred to as a “transformer” by folklorists.
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