The Teaching Rocks, a Sacred Site
Kinomagewapkong, the English translation is “The Teaching Rocks, listen, feel and understand life”. This is the Ojibway interpretation of the purpose of these petroglyphs. The Objibway have a very colorful history and life style and it would be pointless to interpret or decipher these petroglyphs without understanding their culture and oral story of there life and their ancestors.
The word Ojibway apparently refers to a type of lifestyle this group of people had and according to The Voice of the Ojibway by Benton, Banai, and Edward it is the Obibway Clan system. The Objibway Clan System created to care for their needs and provide leadership. A clan has a graphical representation and usually it is an animal. This animal or totem represent the strength and duties of the clan, e.g. The Fish Clan, the fish symbolizes that members of this clan were teachers and scholars.
This image (copied from http://www.nald.ca/CLR/chikiken/page23.htm ) symbolizes the clan system.
Kinomagewapkong, the English translation is “The Teaching Rocks, listen, feel and understand life”. This is the Ojibway interpretation of the purpose of these petroglyphs. The Objibway have a very colorful history and life style and it would be pointless to interpret or decipher these petroglyphs without understanding their culture and oral story of there life and their ancestors.
The word Ojibway apparently refers to a type of lifestyle this group of people had and according to The Voice of the Ojibway by Benton, Banai, and Edward it is the Obibway Clan system. The Objibway Clan System created to care for their needs and provide leadership. A clan has a graphical representation and usually it is an animal. This animal or totem represent the strength and duties of the clan, e.g. The Fish Clan, the fish symbolizes that members of this clan were teachers and scholars.
This image (copied from http://www.nald.ca/CLR/chikiken/page23.htm ) symbolizes the clan system.
The Petroglyphs Park is a place of learning for all nations of the “Turtle Island”.
Turtle Island – Using in the context of the Americas, it denotes North America. Turtle is a symbol used throughout North and South America, the islands in the Caribbean, by the Polynesian, and other people living in or around the Pacific Ocean, and believe it or not, the Ascension Island.
The petroglyphs at the Petroglyphs Park are carvings on rocks, which are recognized as a living body possessed with spirit. And as the saying goes, a photograph of a living person captures their spirit. Based on this believe we are not allowed to take photographs of the petroglyphs. This is out of respect for the First Nation, a term used by Canada to identify certain groups of aboriginal people.
There are over 900 images at the Petroglyphs Park, which I suspect include pictographs and petroglyphs? The protection and caring of these 900 images fall on the Curve Lake First Nation.
Turtle Island – Using in the context of the Americas, it denotes North America. Turtle is a symbol used throughout North and South America, the islands in the Caribbean, by the Polynesian, and other people living in or around the Pacific Ocean, and believe it or not, the Ascension Island.
The petroglyphs at the Petroglyphs Park are carvings on rocks, which are recognized as a living body possessed with spirit. And as the saying goes, a photograph of a living person captures their spirit. Based on this believe we are not allowed to take photographs of the petroglyphs. This is out of respect for the First Nation, a term used by Canada to identify certain groups of aboriginal people.
There are over 900 images at the Petroglyphs Park, which I suspect include pictographs and petroglyphs? The protection and caring of these 900 images fall on the Curve Lake First Nation.
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Interesting to know.
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