CLOSING THE CIRCLE - SPRING 2023
May 2023
CLOSING THE CIRCLE
SPRING 2023
Our knowledge keepers often refer to spring as a time of awakening, renewal, and the arrival of new life that appears after the long winter of hibernation.
In the Tsek’ehne First Nation’s calendar, for example, the transition is quite literally from wətənehk’aneh (ice forms on the snow) to k’anawdeslətneh (patches of bare ground appear) to nawdijilneh (things begin to grow). Then the sas (black bears) play.
For all our Peoples, the celebration of the spring equinox brings with it earlier sunrises and later sunsets. The sun’s rays cascade across Turtle Island for a longer duration, warming the earth and waterways. The last signs of winter slowly give way to healthy, lush green grasslands, flower blossoms, and tree buds. Rivers and streams swell with melting snow and ice travelling down from distant rugged mountains.
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