7th Level of Creation

Art by Nahom Assefa, Inspired by Mi'kmaq people, Teaching by Elder STEPHEN AUGUSTINE

Glooscap was alone by the fire one day, and he had just finished putting another piece of wood to the fire. And as he was sitting there, a woman came and sat beside him, and she put her arm around him and said, “Are you cold my son?” And he looked at her and said, “Who are you; where did you come from?”

She said, “I am your mother; I am Nigan aganim kwoseesg. I bring strength for my children. I bring the colors of the world: the blue of the sky, the yellow of the sun, the green of the grass, the trees and the leaves, and the red of the earth, the black of the night, and the white of the snow. And I bring understanding and love, so that my children will learn to take care of each other, to rely on and love one another.”