The 7 Sacred Ancestral Laws

Worked in collaboration with students from Grade 3 & 5 at Waldorf Academy in Toronto.  The teachings of the 7 Grandfathers in an Artwork form were an educational experience as they learned to understand the relationship of each principle.  The overall exercise is to learn how to work together not against each other, to learn and hear each student in their own diversity & in facing the restrictions in their lives.  The growth can be to over pass-`– their own limitations & restrictions and learn to believe in their potential.
 
The 7 Sacred Ancestral Laws
 
EAGLE – LOVE
BUFFALO – RESPECT
BEAR – COURAGE
SABEE – HONESTY
BEAVER – WISDOM
WOLF – HUMBLENESS
TURTLE – TRUTH

As Indigenous of this continent, generations have handed down valuable legacies, powered by Creation
Our Ancestors connected us in different ways with our own Spirit and with the whole universe.
As we start to move into building relationships, with our Ancestors & communities, is to understand the importance of Gratitude towards life teachings and growth
“Give great thanksgiving and appreciation for all gifts of Life, the learning & growth every day”.
“Life is a journey not a destination a place to learn & grow”
 
As the Knowledge Keepers of our Nations, we carry the protocols of living close to the land.  We use the Seven Sacred Laws that act as the foundation of the relationship we have with the land.  The Seven animal totems act as the holders of these laws. It is the animals who delivered the laws to the People. The Animal Nation has been given the responsibility by the Creator (Gidge Manitou), to have the vision to give us these teachings, trying to show us that we are a part of nature.