William Commanda
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william-commanda-175-10819522
title:
William Commanda
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William Commanda OC was an Algonquin elder, spiritual leader, and promoter of environmental stewardship. Commanda served as Band Chief of the Kitigàn-zìbì Anishinàbeg First Nation near Maniwaki, Quebec, from 1951 to 1970. In his life, he worked as a guide, a trapper and woodsman, and was a skilled craftsman and artisan who excelled at constructing birch bark canoes. He was Keeper of several Algonquin wampum shell belts, which held records of prophecies, history, treaties and agreements. In 2008,
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Commanda
date created:
2007-06-22T19:10:53Z
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2024-09-03T07:38:14Z
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