This is the 3rd part of a great conversation with Elder Winston Wuttunee. He discusses spirituality and the idea of chaos which we all see in the world today. He feels that all the great teaching in major religious are connected. We are all connected. “It takes a lot of bravado to say we are different.” When First Nations smoke the pipe we must trust that what is going to happen is true.
He talks about his daughter who while
living in Vancouver had little access to Elders. Winston had trust that if he prayed
that help would be given to his daughter. He knows that we need trust and trust
will bring great understandings.
I questioned Winston about how society has
been set up not respect the roles of Elders. Winston gave the example of a
house he needed to paint. He also wanted to spend time with his son and so he
paid his son a small amount of money for his son come and help paint the house.
The son was a young man and very busy around this time with his education and
young family. His son never knew it but they spent two days having teachings and
spending a great time together. Many of the old people have their hearts broken
when they are thrown away. Children are also so important to the world around
us.
We must always remember that sometimes people
will test you, you may never know who people they are, but if you have a little
knowledge they will test you to determine if you are a good person.
We also discussed his recent honouring with
a 2013 Indspire award in for his lifetime work in Culture,
Heritage & Spirituality. The best bit is in the second half of part 3.
To Learn More (podcast and Interview)
https://archive.org/details/20130516341
https://archive.org/download/20130516341/20130516341_vbr_mp3.zip
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