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Kiidwenaan Miisaaniin

Aanii, boozhoo, ngaa ke dibajimoodiz. Jordan ndizhinikaaz, Thunderstaff ndizhinikaaz, Thunder LittleTurtle ndizhinikaaz, Nimkii Miikanakoohns ndaaw. Mishiike ndoodem, Gçhii Gameg ndoonjibaa, Zhaaginoong Ojibwe Anishinaabe nda dabendaagwaas.

 (Hi, Hello, I want to speak a little about myself. I am called Jordan, I am called Thunderstaff, I am called Thunder LittleTurtle, but Nimkii Miikanakoonhs is who I am. I am turtle clan and have the heart of the turtle, I was born around the Great lakes area, and that is where my spirit first sounded, I am from the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of the Three Fires people.)

 I am also Irish and Scottish Celt, and I walk that path as well as I walk the path of my Native American Grandfathers. I have studied and learned from many traditions in this life, including Midewewiin, Sundance and various Native American traditions, Paganism and Druidry. I have accepted and adopted many teachings into my own lifepath, in which case I call myself Anishinaabe "Medicine Man" or Healer. I also call myself a Druid, as I have been taught both ways and accept them both, being as they are very similar and coincide well with one another.

 My Grandfathers from both sides have visited me in spirit while I dreamt and fasted to teach me about both paths and why I should be all of what I am and not only a fraction.

An Ancestral Fork in the Road?

 Like I have already mentioned; I am part Native American and part Celtic. My Granfathers from both sides have visited me in dreams and while i fasted. My Druid Ancestors taught me their way and my Native American Ancestors thaught me theirs. I live accordingly to both, and surpirisingly or not, the two aren't at all that different. However, other Druids, Pagans, and Native Americans disagree saying that I can only be one or the other. Telling me that there is no path in between, and that try to follow two paths. I disagree with anyone that says that the two paths wont lead me to the same place. I walk one path that is called by two names, and spoken in different languages. The teachings are the same, in different use of words. I feel, as I have been taught, that I should live the way my Ancestors woiuld be pleased with. So I'll continue to do what the ancient ones tell me, and be all of what I am, all of who I am, not just a fraction. So far these paths have been side by side, and until they come to a fork, I'll not choose one over the other.