We stand in support and solidarity with all

organizations who are committed to ending

violence against Aboriginal and Indigenous

women all over the world!!!

As Onkwehonwe men, we were given the understanding

 that women are sacred beings and are the sacred

doorway to life coming to earth. They have been created 

with the ability to give birth and are the life givers. As

such we were instructed at the time of creation that we

were to never come against our women with any type of

violent action or behavior, physically, mentally,

emotionally or spiritually. We were instructed that we, as

men, were and are to be the helpers to our women as

they build and manage their homes, children, families,

clans, communities, and nations. We were to do our work

in such a manner as to give them every tool they need to

be able to do this important work.

For those of us who carry, honor, and play the flute, it is

even more so, since this instrument came to us to be

used to honor and show respect to the female and female

energies of the earth. Our Elders tell us that the greatest

strength a man can ever show is the strength to be

gentle. We are taught that when we work with the

women and offer them our help at building families, and

living life here on our Mother the Earth, that we are

always to come to them mentally, emotionally, physically

and spiritually, with the same gentleness and beauty that

the music of the flute brings. This is our way as

Onkwehonwe men. May it always be that way in our

minds.