A Letter from Tatjana to the Big Heart family,
In memorial of our dear Grandmother and Abenaki sister of Carl: In our Abenaki tradition I have been taught that we do not use a person’s name out loud after they have crossed. They are said to be traveling across the milkyway for the first year (or first cycle of seasons). The intention is not to distract or call them back from their journey, so very important. I think of her being helped by her dog Awasos, the teaching I’ve learned and not sure it is Abenaki, is to treat…read more