Betty McKenna, First Nations
Betty McKenna is Anishinaabe, born in Opaswayuk (The Pas), Manitoba. Her family reserve is Sapotaweyak Cree Nation (Treaty no. 4). She follows the traditions of her people, speaks her traditional language, conducts numerous ceremonies, and gathers medicines. Betty is an author of several peer reviewed publications and editor of the book “Listening to The Beat of Our Drum”. Betty is very passionate about Indigenous health, education and returning people to their traditional practices and languages.
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Click Here- The Leaving Song (1:23)
- Understanding death through ceremony (1:26)
- Much of our grief is about fear (1:35)
- My belief is that grief is about fear (1:29)
- Grieving a death or serious illness can affect us in different ways (2:27)
- My daughter’s death (1:54)
- Before birth, we chose: Reflections on suicide, overdose, and sacred purpose (1:54)
- Grief is life (0:46)
- Balance as ceremony: Feeding the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual (2:30)
- Embracing grief (1:09)
- My near-dying experience removed my fear of death (2:16)
- We each have our own practices (0:51)
- A ceremony for encouraging a baby’s Spirit to stay in this world (1:22)
- The Seven Stones Ceremony (2:07)
- The cycle of life and the teachings of ceremony (1:57)
- I am still connected with my ancestors through ceremony (1:03)
- Water and ceremony (0:54)
- The language I grew up with (1:03)
- During ceremony my Spirit leaves my body (1:51)
- My Spirit name and ceremonies that were gifted to me (1:39)
- Teachings from the pipe ceremony and our connection to the aging tree (4:07)
- The difference between spirituality and religions (0:34)
- Seven Sacred Teachings (2:12)
- The importance of laughter (1:15)
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