Category: First Nations

• In the Presence of Good People

  This evening our neighborhood gathered for our yearly picnic. The evening was cool, the sunset golden, and the mosquitoes held off til deep twilight. The lake was perfectly still, deep blue, and just slightly reflective of the fiery clouds that lay atop the mountains. Around 7:30 the full moon rose over the hill and rooftops,…

  Michael Watson PhD

  September 7, 2014

  First Nations, Nature, Social issues, Stories

  autumn, community, Fire, stories

• Downeast

  It’s been a cloudy, raw couple of days. Not even seven in the evening and we have dusk, portents of things to come. The tree outside our office window, an early adopter,  shows more red daily. Given the cranky day, I thought I’d take a moment and share something more about the Maine coast. Last…

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 22, 2014

  Nature, Sacred Lands, Stories

  arcadia, Landscape, Maine, seasons

• Ancestors, Spirits, and The Land

  I like to sit with the changing seasons. Today, a lovely summer day, cool and bright, the trees are showing just a hint of the reds and other colors to come. Still, the vista is dominated by a wide range of green. We are grateful for so much: one another, rain, friends, the presence of…

  Michael Watson PhD

  August 3, 2014

  First Nations, Sacred Lands, Shamanism

  ancestors, Indigenous, land, Shamanism, spirits

• An Old Story

  I’ve been watching events unfold in Palestine. Of course, it is impossible to know, with any certainty, the truth of things. Propaganda is unleashed by both sides. Still, there is something terribly familiar about the one-sided nature of the conflict. The history of the U.S., like that of Palestine, is usually told from the view…

  Michael Watson PhD

  July 24, 2014

  native american, Shamanism

  genocide, Native American, Palestine, Shamanism, trauma