An Indigenous Journey to Leadership | Eddy Robinson | TEDxStMaryCSSchool
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มิ.ย. 2017
- When we consider the Indigenous narrative of Canada most people tend to think Indigenous people are a people of the past. As an urban Indigenous person growing up in Toronto Eddy shares his narrative and process of self-actualization to becoming the person he is today, through the spaces created by unexpected allies.
From kindergarten to life as an adult we as human beings yearn and seek belonging. Whether it is within our personal, academic and or professional lives we need to have a sense of Kinship. Amongst marginalized urban Indigenous communities, people are searching for evidence and traces of their identity. There is an overwhelming sense of placelessness plaguing the identity of many urban Indigenous people across Canada due to the impacts of Imperialism, colonialism and methods of colonization.
Cultures around the world engage in rites of passage and methods of Introspection to the discovery of self. It has been through ceremonies like the Vision Quest and Traditional Fasting ceremonies that Indigenous people like the Anishinaabe can face their truth on the journey to finding identity.
Transformation is a natural progression to becoming who we were meant to be (leader, teacher, agent of change) after we have truthfully faced ourselves. Eddy now has the opportunity to fully embraces his clan (the Crane), his spirit name and the role he was intended to occupy since birth regardless of the methods put in place to separate him from his identity as an Indigenous person.
The Crane, one of the five original clans of the Anishinaabe (Ojibway) the external leaders are tasked with bringing forth the voice of the community. Cranes when migrating will carry the smaller birds on their backs when they get tired. This principle is the foundation for leadership amongst many Anishinaabe and it is through this value that we as human beings can become more mindful of our own role as leaders of change.
My Thoughts
It was through reflecting on my own journey of introspection that I discovered an idea worth spreading; a self-actualization KIT to becoming the leaders we were intended to be.
Eddy Robinson: Eventually ending up in the care of his grandparents, Eddy found himself caught in the same cycle of violence and addiction that dominated his childhood. He credits a Catholic priest at the Native Peoples Parish located in Toronto for first encouraging him to seek out his roots. He pointed Eddy to a traditional Anishinaabe Vision Quest/Fasting held at “Dreamers Rock” located on Manitoulin Island, ON; that would imminently begin his journey towards understanding his Indigenous identity and helping him leave behind the family legacy of abuse and violence.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
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Eddy Robinson shows how much he really cares about his culture, he is proud of his background and wants to give his knowledge to the world so more and more kids are not growing up clueless about Canadian history, thank you for doing what you do.
I dont mean to be so offtopic but does anybody know a trick to get back into an instagram account?
I stupidly lost the login password. I would love any assistance you can give me!
@Brodie Russell instablaster ;)
@Tristan Giovanni i really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
Takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
Hi thanks for sharing on leadership and eddy rob is good story teller in his leadership experience thanks for sharing anashobi language and good luck with everything
Thank you for speaking. I think Canadian history needs to be re-written and this time perhaps with a little accuracy. Keep doing what you are doing. It is so important.
Thank you, Eddy, for being who you are and sharing your story with us.
Amazing speaker and Nya:Weh for sharing your knowledge
Eddy! I wondered where you moved onto. Great job, great heart! Keep going. Sending lots of positive support
Great speaker our native people are the carrier of wisdom for the coming generations
I’m the next leader
Our people want to know how a person can receive a blessed heart , how to think with one , how to hear with one , and what to do with what ones knows and how to hold one ,no matter what happens
Thanks Eddy, keep doing what you do!
Great talk . Inspiring. Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come true.
Thank you for sharing makes the world a better place
Eddie came to my school!
im a 44 year old first nation man as i like to think .i know a story or two about being an urban indian ,we are very similar me and him but this word but just keeps coming to mind .but this and but that ,is life what you make it or not ,it is, right? or is it not for us? .25 years in and out ive learned a few things about our peoples ,and this is going to hurt some of you, but!
Just an awesome talk.
He’s handsome 😍
good voice.
My brotha right there
Or should I say Chi Chi Chi Miigwetch :)
bozhó, sounds like hozhó in navaho Ł)
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm Apache and I had to go back and hear what he said because at first I thought that's what he said.
I thought he said Bonjour which is hello in French
my lesson is first we eat beef, then we pretend like we dont. Second we lawyer up, doesnt work we burn down booze store because people realize no more free booze are given. Third, your choice
I have been watching a lot of videos by tribal people. Nearly everyone speaks of their creation stories. As if that is good. I was taught a creation story. Science has told me a different creation story. No deities. Just scientific theories updated as better information comes in. Being of European descent, the childhood was to teach children the Christian creation story. Had I been born in India, it would have been the Hindu creation story. What I like about science is that it gets closer and closer to the human creation story. An expanding Universe. A solar system. A planet with a unique geological history. Having just read two of Nick Lane’s latest books, the reverse Kreb’s Cycle. Descendants of apes. Apes, doing the best that they could, but only very recently developing minds. Language even more recently. Fascinating to be a human being.
Make sure your creation story doesn't harm others. Otherwise I do not care. Everyone is just looking for a framework for living well. I am trying to understand the purpose of your comment. It seems to me these stories and beliefs are causing more good than harm.
How does it spell wayne a bozo??? Or whatt? Pleasee tell me what that is and what doest it meanss?
You mean boshow? It means to learn from each other and respect each other.
Wene-bozhoo = cultural hero /teacher of the people
aka by others as Nanabozo
phonetically "Way-nay Bo-shoo"
Wene = Carefully / with great thought and care
Bozhoo = greetings
Not there for them
@@kan-zee Hozhó is beauty and happiness in navaho... greetings sometimes as well, used a lot during prayer
So hes what one in million that pulled his boot straps up and decided the only way to get out of the hardships being a native is to work hard and make some thing of him self, right on, if only others would follow his lead.
EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW. HES A LIAR. HE HAS NEVER BEEN TO RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL
U CAN FIND OUT FROM THE REZ CONSOLIDATION PROJECT!!!!!
I am unsure where he’s mentioned he went to residential school?
@@SwampThings look up more about him