Blessing of the Animals, Trinity Church, Cornwall, Ontario

Blessing of the Animals, Trinity Church, October 4, 2026, Cornwall, Ontario

 

Fire on the DVP and St. Dennis, 1990s

 

Fire on the Don Valley Parkway at St. Dennis Drive, early 1990s

Jean Louis David, probably Broadway

Hairdressers waiting for clients, Jean Louis David salon, probably on Broadway, NYC, 1991

 

Orange Shirt Day/National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

 

Orange Shirt Day/National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Lamoureux Park, Cornwall, September 30 2026. Social dance, open to everyone. I don't know the name of the drum but they were very good. A woman in a hijab joined in. Multiculturalism at its finest.

Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada - full list here 

Lacrosse players - the game was developed by Haudenosaunee and other First Nations.

'Gutch' Salinas of  Kakhwí:io foods in Akwesasne shows me how flint (hard) corn is prepared. The grains are boiled in water with wood ashes, which produces an alkaline reaction in a process called Nixtamalization that softens the corn and releases nutrients. It can be pounded in a mortar into a flour that can be made into a mush with other ingredients like beans, or the grains of corn can be eaten as is. 

Mother and Mary in New York

New York, 1991, my sister Mary and mother on the right. Mary was working in the gift packing department at Bloomingdale's.

 

Ojibwe Spirit Horse

Ojibwe Spirit Horse, also known as the Lac La Croix Indian Pony, is a breed of horse developed by natives. Truth and Reconciliation event, Morewood, Ontario, 26 September 2026

 

Bring Back The Future with Sharon, 1991

 

This building was Len's Mill Store in Guelph