WINNIPEG, MB – The University of Winnipeg’s Aboriginal Governance program is pleased to welcome visiting Anishinabe Elder Fred Kelly to campus on Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
Everyone is welcome to attend Fred Kelly’s a PowerPoint presentation on Treaties, Governance and Anishinabeg.
Fred Kelly
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
9:30 am -12:20 pm
Rice Building Seminar Room
3rd floor, Rice Building
491 Portage Avenue
Biography
Fred Kelly Kizhebowse Muhkwa (KInd Walking Bear) Pizhiw ndotem (Lynx Clan)
Fred Kelly is from the Ojibways of Onigaming and is a citizen of the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty Number Three. He is a member of the Midewewin, the Sacred Law and Medicine Society of the Anishinaabeg. He is custodian of Sacred Law and has been called upon to conduct ceremonies across Canada and in the United States, Mexico, Japan, Argentina, and Israel. He is head of Nimishomis-Nokomis Healing Group Inc., a consortium of spiritual Healers and Elders that provide therapy to victims of the trauma and the horrific legacy of the residential school system.
Fred Kelly is a survivor of St. Mary’s Residential School in Kenora, Ontario, and St. Paul’s High School in Lebret, Saskatchewan. Fred Kelly was a member of the Assembly of First Nations team that negotiated the historic Indian Residential Schools Agreement and continues to advise on its implementation. He has served as chief of his own community, Grand Chief of the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty Number Three, and Ontario Regional Director of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
