I Am Thankful

If the part of our journey that carries us through this world is a time and a place of learning and of teaching, for ourselves and for those with whom we come into contact, then I will be so much the wiser in the next part of my journey.
 I've been more than fortunate to have met, and to have spent time with some tremendous people in my life, and have had the opportunity to learn from each of them. 
Magnificence is something that is often amplified by simplicity. One thing that I've found is how the importance of the very simplest things in life may be more profound and more enriching than the greatest amount of material wealth; that is, the times, events, unplanned meetings, the tiniest kind gesture or sharing of warm words. Events like these so often prove to be the most important and full filling events to ourselves and to others around us. Perhaps these folks also need to learn the very same lessons, and perhaps we are here to help each other to learn these lessons. 
As these days of my life go by, I learn to pay more attention to these lessons, to accept them into my heart and to share them with others. And I am thankful to those with whom I get to have the privilege to share these lessons.

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The Stone Moving Feast for the 'Hemaas Tj'assee' title, that is apparently scheduled for next week by my late father's brother, Sam Robinson, is a step away from presently accepted, Name-Taking protocol, and a naked showing of unbridled disrespect.
Not only protocol, but simple common respect requires that the one year term of grace be recognised by those who seek the title. This period of grace is a period of time given as a respectful tribute to the memory of the late Hemaas, and what he stood for.
It is a display of respect not only toward family members, but also toward Clan Chiefs, Clan Members, and toward the entire community. It is a time given to allow for the healthful grieving of our loss of a beloved family and Community member. Our father has died. Our mother's husband has died. Our children's Grandfather has died. The Haisla Nation has lost its Hemaas.
This period of grace is a time given for the Clan Chiefs, and their Clan members, so that they can also grieve in a healthy way and adjust to the new realities. It is a time that is allowed for the healing of the many emotional wounds that we as individuals, as families, and we as the Haisla have suffered over the past days, months, and years of our lives.
It is through this commonly recognised individual and collective grieving process that we as a community maintain our balance and our continuity. It is how we work as a community, toward ensuring a positive environment for our children and our grandchildren. It is in fact how we teach the very meaning of the word respect to our children. This is the basis of our Traditional Culture.
As the son of the late Chief Tjassee, and as a member of the Haisla Community, I am Galastaax, and I call upon the Haisla Clan members and the Haisla Clan Chiefs, to maintain the traditional practise of Respect. I call upon you to ensure the recognition of this protocol, and to enact the one year period of Respectful Grace between the time of my late father's death and the time of the 'Stone Moving Feast'. I ask this in the name of those who have gone before us, in the struggle for the survival of Haisla Traditional Culture, and the values that have maintained our Community throughout our history .

Respectfully, Galastaax,(Greg Robinson).