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About Us

“A SPARK TO LIGHT THE 8TH FIRE”



Mishkiki is the Anishinaabemowin word for Medicine, the spelling and pronunciation vary depending on region and dialect. We have chosen this name for our organization because It is our primary initiative to bring Mishkiki (medicine) to every community and heal the wounds in our society afflicted by the socio-economic conditions caused by colonialism.
We are a non-profit organization based in Toronto, Ontario and our objectives include providing cultural education and inspiration to all people through our Interactive Empowerment Workshops, and initiating social & economic development projects for every community.
Projects include economic consultation and development, art & cultural revitalization, clean drinking-water initiatives, housing initiatives, self-sustainability and renewable resource development, strategic investments and infrastructure management.
Mishkiki is a non-profit organization registered and incorporated with the federal government of Canada. We are an indigenous founded entity. 


 Adult, Youth & Cultural Workshops. Workshops Resources

The Prophesy of the 8th Fire

The people will come to a fork in the road of exsistence. One road will lead to materialism and destruction for almost all living creatures. The other road will lead to a new spiritual age, upon which the indigenous peoples will be standing.
This path will lead to the lighting of the 8th fire, a period of eternal peace, harmony, and a "New Earth' where the destruction of the past will be healed.

ANISHINAABE PROPHECY 
 


Adult, Youth & Cultural Workshops.

Youth Workshops Baaptaagozi (When she speaks she makes you laugh.)
Youth Comedy & Female Empowerment Workshop



An introduction to story telling & stand-up comedy.How foster a healthy self-esteem & personal imageHow to establish dominance as a female in a patriarchal societyFacilitated by: Stephanie Pangowish, Professional Comedian & Entrepreneur
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Youth Workshops Semma Sacred (The Non Smoking Workshop) 
Traditional and ceremonial use of tobaccoThe Colonialism of TobaccoVaping & Addiction AwarenessQuittingFacilitated by Joshua Martin, Executive Director & Former Smoker (20 years)Contact:Info@Mishkiki.Org | www.Mishkiki.Org | (705) 770 0550
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Youth Workshops Full Circle - The Hip-Hop Workshop
Full Circle - The Hip-Hop Workshop The Roots: Participants will learn how the early pioneers of hip-hop used music as a tool to manifest and live a better way of life and achieve personal goals. Individuals will also learn how traditional indigenous culture can relate to hip-hop fundamentally, while utilizing the same principles and foundations. Song Writing & Recording with Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Youth Workshops Build Your Empire - An Entrepreneurial Workshop
Facilitated by Paul Owl, owner of TreeTeas Brewing Company, RezQ Technologies and the Muskoka Bees and Treas Café. Passion = Productivity + Profit Participants will learn how to create a business idea out of the things they are passionate about in life. Participants will see how hard-work can be both fun and rewarding while building their empire. Business Name & Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Youth Workshops Hunt & Gather 2k - A Workshop for Financial Literacy
Participants will learn about their individual credit score and how it can effect their future Participants will learn about loans, financing and interest rates, compound interest and debt traps. Savings, Investments and how to achieve your financial goals.
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Youth Workshops Be a Protector 
Be a Protector – A STD / STI Prevention & Awareness Workshop Participants will be taught the danger and definitions of STD’s / STI's. Participants will be taught methods of sustaining a healthy body, mind and spirit. STD Prevention, Contraceptives and Local Community Services
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Youth Workshops Creators Gift - A Suicide Prevention Workshop 
Why? Participants will brainstorm on root causes for people to take their own lives, and ways individuals can seek help before it’s too late. Purpose! Participants will be taught the importance of being an indigenous person in these sacred times of cultural revival. Reach Out! Participants will be told about numerous outlets for personal depression as well as the local Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Youth Workshops Street Survival School 
Obtaining a Place to Live Participants will be taught how to acquire safe and affordable accommodations such as an apartment or room-rental by utilizing community resources. Getting a Job Participants will be taught unique strategies for acquiring and maintaining gainful employment in any sector of the workforce. Participants will also be advised on the community resources available to them for Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Youth Workshops Flight Academy
An Incite to the The Spirit of the Prisoner Inherent & Social Status Systematic Challenges & Obstacles Alternative Lifestyle Choices Goal Setting & Achieving
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Youth Workshops Chiefin' - The Leadership Workshop
Participants will learn about the roles of clans and clan resposibilities Traditional self and tribal governance Participants will learn about leadership qualities and the development of interpersonal skills
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops

Adult Workshops Build Your Empire - An Entrepreneurial Workshop
Facilitated by Paul Owl, owner of TreeTeas Brewing Company, RezQ Technologies and the Muskoka Bees and Treas Café. Passion = Productivity + Profit Participants will learn how to create a business idea out of the things they are passionate about in life. Participants will see how hard-work can be both fun and rewarding while building their empire. Business Name & Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Adult Workshops We Are Seeds - The Medicine Garden Workshop
Group construction of an outdoor garden or greenhouse An in-depth description of our sacred medicines and the ways they were gifted to our people How to tend to the garden and plants for an optimal harvest Traditional harvesting protocol & teachings Facilitated by Joshua Martin, Executive Director, Mishkiki
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Adult Workshops Creators Game - The History & Fundamentals of Lacrosse
A Haudenosaunee History of Lacrosse with Story-Telling Fundamentals, Rules & Player Etiquette Basic & Advanced Techniques Teamwork, Work Ethic & Game-Play
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Adult Workshops Ogitchidaa (People with Big Hearts) - A Workshop on Addictions Awareness
Finding the Cause for Self-medicating How Culture & Spirituality Help Battle Addictions Relapse Prevention & Triggers in Society Fentanyl Awarness & Overdose Education Community Supports
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Adult Workshops Truth & Reconciliation
How Thoughts, Words & Actions Effect Your Body and Others Internet Bullying, Physical Harassment & Teen Suicide The 5 Genders of the Indigenous Tribes (Male, Female, Two-Spirit Male, Two-Spirit Female & Transformation) and their Traditional Roles A History of Pre-Contact Social Structure & the Effect of Colonialism
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Adult Workshops Got Juice? A Diabetes Awareness and Healthy Living Workshop 
Participants will have hands-on interaction with juicers, fruit & vegetables in a fun-filled exercise making their own juice! They will also be taught the key factors of our traditional diet (wild rice, berries, white fish, dried meats etc.) and how they can potentially avoid illness & disease through healthy living. Focusing On: Juicing & Benefits Diet & Nutrition
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Adult Workshops Elder Care
We now offer Elder Care with any of our workshops to boost youth engagement and bring our elders and youth together. Our Elder Care program is facilitated by Lily Luu, a Master in Practice Diploma of Osteopathic Manipulative Sciences. Classic Osteopathy is a drug-free, non-invasive manual therapy that aims to improve health across all body systems by massaging joints, muscles, Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops

Cultural Workshops The Bustle Dome
The Fancy Bustle Making WorkshopFancy Bustle (5 Day Class)Traditional Bustle, Chicken Bustle & Eagle Tail Fans (3 day class)Girls Plumes (1 Day)Facilitated by Eric Mentuk, Waywayseecappo First Nation
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Cultural Workshops Semma Sacred (The Non Smoking Workshop) 
Traditional and ceremonial use of tobaccoThe Colonialism of TobaccoVaping & Addiction AwarenessQuittingFacilitated by Joshua Martin, Executive Director & Former Smoker (20 years)Contact:Info@Mishkiki.Org | www.Mishkiki.Org | (705) 770 0550
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Cultural Workshops 13 Moons
A discussion about the traditional diets of our ancestors and the current health of our people today. An in-depth look at traditional harvesting practices and how the harvesting seasons relate to the original 13 Moon calendar. Comparison of traditional diets and medicine vs. modern diets and medicine.
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Cultural Workshops Madoodiswan - Sweat Lodge Building & Ceremony Workshop
How to conduct a Sweat Lodge Ceremony and traditional etiquette. Building the sweat lodge in preparation of ceremony. An in-depth explanation of the Sweat Lodge Ceremony and its origins to the many nations of Turtle Island. Facilitated by Jared BigCanoe of Georgina Island First Nation
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Cultural Workshops A Thousands Words 
A history of various First Nation art forms Participants will learn how to draw-out and plan a painted mural Group Mural Painting Facilitated by Manitou Neemen (Quentin Commanda) of Nipissing First Nation
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Cultural Workshops Make The Letters Dance - A Introduction to Breakdancing & Graffiti
The History of breakdancing & relevance to our culture Conditioning and training lessons Beginners course on breakdancing moves and etiquette A brief history of graffiti Beginners course on urban art techniques Facilitated by Que Rock of Nipissing First Nation
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Cultural Workshops Creators Game - The History & Fundamentals of Lacrosse
A Haudenosaunee History of Lacrosse with Story-Telling Fundamentals, Rules & Player Etiquette Basic & Advanced Techniques Teamwork, Work Ethic & Game-Play
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Cultural Workshops The Rocky Boy Story - An Introduction to the Grass Dance
The Rocky Boy Story - An Introduction to the Grass Dance   •  A history of the origin of the Grass Dance and the first Grass Dancer • The role and responsibilities of a Grass Dancer • An in-depth Regalia description and explanation of components • Beginners course on Grass Dance moves and etiquette   Facilitated by Manitou Neemen (Quentin Commanda) Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Cultural Workshops Mino Mishkiki (Good Medicine)
The Medicine Wheel, Four Directions & Protectors; Participants will be taught the history and meaning behind the Medicine Wheel and how it relates to them. Participants will also be taught the medicines and protection animal that relates to each direction. The 7 Grandfather Teachings, The Great Law & Tree of Peace; Participants will learn the importance of living by a Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops

Language Workshops Neebawi Nïmîn
"Educating Through Song & Dance
 An introduction to Men's Fancy, Grass & Women's Shawl DancingTraditional Teachings & EtiquetteRegalia Components & TeachingsMen's Fancy Dance PerformanceFacilitated by Eric Mentuk, Waywayseecappo First Nation
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops Language Workshops Anishinaabeg Izhitwaawin 
Anishinaabeg IzhitwaawinNarration. Language & Teachings (Anishinaabe & Néhiyaw)Beginners & Introduction - 16 WeeksIntermediate Stories & Teachings - 16 weeksAdvanced Stories 7 Teachings 16 weeksFull Year Virtual Indigenous Cultural ImmersionFacilitated by Ogimaa Wab Joseph Sutherland, Traditional Knowledge Keeper
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops

Land-Based Workshops Bagone-Giizhig; The Hole In The Sky
An Introduction to Star Teachings, Constellations & ClansIn depth teachings about the origins of the Anishinaabeg (original people)Star Constellations and their Traditional HistoryClan Teachings , Roles & ResponsibilitiesFacilitated by: Bwaananaabekwe Mary Moose, Anishninaabe Elder & Knowledge Keeper of the Mermaid Clan
Adult Workshops Cultural Workshops Youth Workshops Language Workshops Land Based Workshops

Facilitators Mawla Shawana
Mawla is an Anisniaabe (Odawa, Potawatomie & Ojibwe) Language Instructor from Wikwemikoong Unceded First Nation. Mawla currently teaches full time at an elementary school, online at MacMaster and Brock universities for an introduction to Ojibwe course.
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Joseph Sutherland is from Fort Albany, Ontario reservation. He has worked on numerous jobs that involve revitalization of culture since 2000. He works with organizations in Indian country that involves the Anishinaabeg language and culture knowledge. Today, he works at a Native American treatment center in Sawyer, Minnesota teaching culture and language. He worked on projects and shared cultural knowledge of the read more Facilitators Mary Moose
Mary Moose is an unique Anishinaabe Elder, born in the remote regions of northern Ontario, Canada. Mary's Spirit Name is Gaa-giizhiikwajiwed Bwaananaabekwe, The Mermaid Who Swims Fast, or just Bwaananaabekwe, and belongs to the Mermaid clan. She has current and ancestral ties to Ghost River, Fort Albany & Pagwa First Nations.Raised by her grandparents, she lived in the deep bush of northern read more Facilitators Nimkii Osawamick
Nimkii has been dancing since he was 3 years old. Active in Powwow circles Nimkii is well known as a singer, Hoop dancer and champion Powwow dancer. He has travelled extensively across Turtle Island (North America) and around the globe sharing his gift of singing and dancing in performances and workshops.Nimkii is dedicated to the preservation and awareness of his read more Facilitators Eric Mentuck
Eric is a father of 5 who lives in waywayseecappo First Nation Within treaty four territory.  Eric is an anishinabe man who has learned the skill of bustle making featherwork in waywayseecappo from this late friend Andrew Mecas.  The Late Andrew learned from many different bustle makers across North America while travelling the powwow trail in the 1970s-1980s.  Eric began read more Facilitators Joshua Martin
Joshua’s spirit name is Muskwa Megazaa Bibiyaat which translates to Red Eagle Approaching, he is Anishninaabe (Algonkin & Cree) and belongs to the Crane Clan. He has current and ancestral ties to Pikwakanagan, Winneway & Moose Factory First Nations.Born in Chatham, Ontario and was raised by his non-indigenous mother until the age of 13. In the absence of his father, read more Facilitators Jared BigCanoe
Jared BigCanoe Born and raised on Georgina Island First Nation, Jared BigCanoe has been raised traditionally Ojibwe for his entire life. He started grass dancing as soon as he could walk at the age of one years old, and singing at the age of 4 when he was gifted his own drum. Raised on the powwow trail, Jared was gifted read more Facilitators Curtis Kagige (DJ RedSky)
Curtis is from Wikwemikong First Nation and has been a prominent representative of indigenous people in the Toronto hip-hop community. With cunning athleticism and professionalism, Curtis embodies a quality role-model for youth and an inspiration to his peers. Curtis is the keynote facilitator for Turntablism 101 - Our Introduction to DJing Workshop. Today, Curtis is the founder of All Elemental read more Facilitators Quentin Commanda (Que Rock)
Quentin Commanda is Anishinaabe from Nipissing First Nation. He and his siblings were raised with traditional Anishinaabe teachings. His spirit name, given to him by his Grandmother, is Manitou Nemeen which translates to Spirit Dancer. Quentin has spent many years in the Bronx and Toronto, honing his talents as a Bboy(Break Dancer), Emcee, Writer, DJ, and filmmaker. Currently his focus read more Facilitators Lily Luu,
As a Master in Practice Diploma of Osteopathic Manipulative Sciences, Lily is healer in Western & Eastern medical practices. Lily aims to use her knowledge and skill-set to help heal our Elders and to create physiological harmony within.



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Services Cultural Competency Training
We provide cultural competency training to government and non-government organizations, agencies & programs in the public and private sectors. Training includes the history of the First Nation people in your community and their protocols, customs, traditions and modern life. Upon completion of this training participants will be well... Overview: Local & Cultural History Effects of Colonialism Sacred Items & Protocols learn more Services Economic Development
We provide consultation and project management for economic development projects in Indigenous communities. These eco-friendly or "green" economic development initiatives focus on maximizing the financial potential of the renewable energy sector while minimizing the global carbon footprint. Our collaborative projects will provide self-sustainability, employment opportunities and economic prosperity while preserving nature for future generations.
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We develop strategies for community investment, infrastructure and programs to assist community members in their everyday lives. These projects include art & cultural revitalization, clean drinking water initiatives, traditional based family support programs, housing initiatives and food security projects. It is our intention to bring mishkiki (medicine) to every community and heal the wounds in our society afflicted by the learn more

Language
Language Resources
Blackfoot Language Dictionary
Chipewyan / Dené Dictionary
Cree Dictionary:
Dakota Dictionary:
Innu Language Dictionary:
Kanien'keha (Mohawk) Dictionary
Lakota Dictionary
Mi'kmak Dictionary:
Northern Tutchone Language:
Ojibwe People's Dictionary
Oneida Language

Other Languages & Resources:
Native Languages
First Voices
Glosbe
Salish_Word_Book.pdf
Coast Salish
Southern Tutchone
Navajo Amazing Amazing Organizations
2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations
Neebawi Youth Non Profit Inc.
Great Lakes Cultural Camps
Creators Garden w/ Joseph Pitawanakwat
Toronto Indigenous Harm Reduction- TIHR
Anishinawbe Health Toronto
Indspire Indigenous National Charity
Raven Trust Legal Support For Land Defenders & Water Protectors
Water First: A Collaboration to Provide Clean Water to FNMI Communities
Native Women's Association of Canada
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
The 40 Foundation
Justice Fund Toronto

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