Living Our Culture

Our elders where taught by their elders that after our life here on Mother Earth, our journey follows the Medicine Wheel. We believe that life follows the circumference of a circle, because everything naturally is formed in a circle. Stems and trunks of trees are circular, the sun, and lakes all start in a circular shape. The Medicine Wheel pertains to our day to day cycles, yearly cycles, and our lifelong cycles. Anishinabe people believe our life is in balance if we are connected to Mother Earth and our spirit within us. If we are able to respect everything around us, we will live in harmony and balance, only then we will enter the Land of the Souls at the end of our journey here on earth.

One of our most esteemed Bay Mills elders, Bill LeBlanc, shares another teaching about a good approach to making tradition a part of every day. As Bill said, "It is important to remember that the culture of a people has a current state, but also reaches back only for that which would enhance the lives of those living in this time." READ MORE!