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    Why We Love the Thanksgiving Address
    Julie Rogers
    • Mar 11, 2017
    • 3 min

    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
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    Jack is right.
    Julie Rogers
    • Mar 4, 2017
    • 2 min

    Jack is right.

    Better when we are Together. Having heard this song repeatedly in countries all around the world (South Africa, India, Japan to name a few), the universal appeal to his message is clear. We are simply better together. In my search for understanding the perils of this world, one word keeps coming to mind: separation. Humans are social beings. We like being in communities and relating to each other. Our society, though, has veered us off of that course of being connected to eac
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