Why We Love the Thanksgiving Address
The Thanksgiving Address is a signature activity at ʻAkahiao. The practice was handed down from John Stokes at the Tracking Project, who was tasked with the deed of spreading these words around the world by a Mohawk chief. This beautiful practice was created over 1000 years ago and practiced by the Iroquois Nation in North America. The Iroquois name, Ohenton Kariwahtekwen, means 'The Words Before All Else'. According to their chief Tommy Porter, the Mohawk tribesmen would rec