Tag: Native American

• Epiphany: Little Christmas

  

  A snowy, blustery, frigid , monochrome day! Today is Epiphany: Little Christmas. This day in the Christian liturgical calendar honors the arrival of the Wise Men at the stable in Bethlehem.

  Michael Watson PhD

  January 6, 2018

  Disability, First Nations, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Social issues, spirituality, Stories

  Christmas, Epiphany, healing, Native American, Shamanism

• Landscapes of Identity: Thanksgiving

  After a day of rain the morning greeted us with a golden sunrise. Jennie, who awoke in the night, said the moonless sky had been awash in stars. Now the wind, blowing briskly from the north, rustles the leaves that remain on the oaks and pushes choppy waves across the water. I had intended to…

  Michael Watson PhD

  November 23, 2017

  Disability, First Nations, Stories

  autumn, disability, Native American, stories, Thanksgiving

• The Complexities of Landscape

  

  A warm day, high cloud slowly lowering as the day passed. Jut now the cloud obscured the low sun. With luck, we shall have rain. Here by the lake, the trees are in full color as you can see in this view out our studio windows.

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 23, 2017

  Arts, First Nations, Nature, Stories

  Arts, Native American, nature, Of Land and Local

• “Indian Summer”

  After the frost, warmth returns. We are now in Indian Summer, that period between first frost and the true onset of winter. The name “Indian Summer” seems to be of contested origins. I was always told that the name came from the colonists’ observation that Native people intensified hunting and gathering during the quiet time…

  Michael Watson PhD

  October 18, 2017

  Climate Change, First Nations, spirituality

  autumn, climate change, Indian Summer, Native American, seasons