Importance of the Circle

Evelyne St-Onge - In the old days, when we lived in tents, everyone gathered in a circle. Always in a circle. Everyone is equal in a circle. Being in a circle brings strength. You listen more attentively within a circle, and that goes for everyone.
When it comes to giving life, each nation has its own methods. We don't change anything, whether we're on the land, or portaging... We change almost nothing. That's the context in which we gave life. We set up a tent outside the camp and brought the woman there to give birth.
The husband could be present, and another woman came to help. The Innu say that in the past, they were surprised to hear a baby's cry. They were told that children were born in an old stump.
Although each nation has its own methods, common foundations still exist that bind our nations together. A few examples are the circle, Father Sun and Mother Earth.
The Aymara in Bolivia celebrate June 21, the winter solstice and start of the New Year. In 1992, as Europe celebrated the 500th anniversary of its discovery of the Americas, a thousand-year old secret Aymara ceremony was publicly presented in Tiwanaco, Bolivia. It was the sun gate ceremony. My brother Bernard was there with other Innu. He told me about it...
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Importance of the Circle

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