Indigenous Circle
Thunder Jack, (spirit name “Good Words”), is Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee, from Whitefish Bay ON, and Oneida Nation of the Thames. Thunder is a Bear Clan member, proud father, Knowledge Keeper, singer, and dancer. As an Indigenous person, who holds his culture and traditions close to his heart, Thunder shares his knowledge of what indigenous identity here on Turtle Island means through language, dance, drumming, ceremony, and pow wow. Additionally, Thunder speaks openly of the historical and present happenings that have impacted Indigenous peoples generationally and the importance that awareness of indigenous peoples’ identity and history has in strengthening identity and forming allies/friendship among all nations.