​Around 35 Indigenous delegates arrived safely in Rome, and that included Kaluhyanuwes and Katsitsionni. They met at the Embassy of Canada and went to the Holy See after a day at the Vatican. 


There was a meeting with Cardinal Marx Ouellet and Cardinal Michael Czerny. The Métis and Inuit delegates have already met with the Pope, and the First Nations delegates will meet with the Pope this Thursday. 


A general audience with all Indigenous representatives will also be held with the Pope this Friday. Kaluhyanuwes is talking to Paul Gibbard, Canadian Chargé d'affaires Representative of Canada to the Holy See. 


I am proud of the mother Kaluhyanuwes and Grandmother Katsitsionni as they lean into this historical call for justice for our babies who never made it home from the nurseries of hell called residential schools.


Author: Wakerakats:te, Iakoiane of Roiane Tehanakari:ne
Bear Clan Mother of the Mohawk Nation Council, 
Louise Bear Herne

Link to radio interview with Louise Herne, Michelle Shenandoah and Katsitsionni Fox :
Women Rising Radio: https://www.womenrisingradio.com/2022/12/26/women-rising-radio-44-indigenous-women-envision-rematriation/

Website: www.somaticsoundtherapeutics.com
Partner Website: https://www.katyamiller.com/
Photograph: Vatican Media
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The silence of our babies voices will speak loudly inside the house of the abuser. Haudenosaunee Mothers are on a mission to carry a message of epic impact to the Vatican in Rome in the coming days.  


Two weeks ago from today, March 22, 2022, I declined the invitation (from the Pope); instead requested for other delegates to go in my place.  Katsitsionni Fox and Kaluhyanuwes Shenandoah Powless stepped up to my request to deliver a reverberating Empty Cardboard mandate to Pope Francis calling for a reverent accountability to all Onkwehonweh upon whom his institution inflicted harm. 


The world must know about their role in the spiritual, cultural, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse at Residential Schools of Onkwehonweh children on turtle island.  


An apology is needed for us to hear and heal; more importantly it's time for the abuser to stop the behavior and to uphold accountability to the harm done.  


Additionally, a letter form the Elders Council will be delivered and the call for the repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery will also be included. Katsitsionni Fox and Kaluhyanuwes Shenandoah are traveling with a larger delegation sponsored by the Bishops of Canada to meet with the Pope. I am grateful for their sacrifice and their courage. I pray for their safe passage. Mommabear 


Author: Wakerakats:te, Iakoiane of Roiane Tehanakari:ne
Bear Clan Mother of the Mohawk Nation Council, Louise Bear Herne
Website: www.somaticsoundtherapeutics.com
Photograph: Katisionni Fox
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​The sacred Empty Cradleboard Mandate was given to Canada's Parliament on July 1, 2021 by the Iroquois, the Haudenosaunee League of Nations, formally. With tears and sadness, the spirit of the lost children made their voices known to the hearts of the Haudenosaunee, and all who participated, on that powerful day.

The words that soon follow are spoken by the wise elder, Mohawk Bear Clan Mother, Louise Bear Herne. With utmost esteem, she expresses the deep and crushing emotions felt by her and her people from the inhuman and ghastly treatment their families and children have had to endure through the ages.

Mass graves of indigenous children found that summer is an ongoing heartache. But what is most remarkable, and is note-worthy to the greatest of degrees, is how she, and they, have handled themselves amongst the most grievous of circumstances.

These People of the Long House - the Haudenosaunee - teach us well, with their sacred ways, how to act in grace, peace and power when the world must feel inconcievably cruel and unkind.

They are leaders in our time - Keepers of Original Democracy - and they will assist us through the darkest of truths soon to be revealed in our own world. May we listen and learn. Bear Clan Mother speaks....

"Feel the rage Indigenous communities, but be responsible for it.  We recognize that anger and vengeance never heals. Let’s NOT become like them. Because no one will feels it more than our grandchildren.  And it is Canadian children who will carry this horrific legacy. 

To all Onkwehonwe peoples of this great land and to Canadians who believe in a greater humanity, let us lead each other toward what the world needs right now.  Let Peace be our journey and let love be our fuel for we are the generation those innocent babies were waiting for. 

Let us bring them home to a world they didn’t get to live. Let their memory live in the cradleboard. A cradle of love filled with truth, understanding and kindness for one another.  The threshold of our pain is the entrance to our triumph!”  Mommabear


​Author: Wakerakats:te, Iakoiane of Roiane Tehanakari:ne
Bear Clan Mother of the Mohawk Nation Council, Louise Bear Herne
Website: www.somaticsoundtherapeutics.com
Photograph:  Katisionni Fox, Parliment Hill, Ottawa, Canada
Live Facebook link of speech given by Bear Clan Mother: 
​​https://fb.watch/ihvOTkTGjj/?mibextid=v7YzmG
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