{"id":2515,"date":"2022-08-10T15:51:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T19:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esa.org\/montreal2022\/?page_id=2515"},"modified":"2022-08-13T19:25:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T23:25:29","slug":"thanksgiving-address-by-elder-otsitsakenra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esa.org\/montreal2022\/thanksgiving-address-by-elder-otsitsakenra\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving address"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thanksgiving Address by Elder Otsi\u2019tsak\u00e8n:ra\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dQlsPB6vHhY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thanksgiving Address by Elder Otsi\u2019tsak\u00e8n:ra (Charles Patton)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Otsi\u2019tsak\u00e8n:ra is a respected Elder of the Kanien\u2019keha:ka community of Kahnawa:ke, on the south shore of Otsira:ke (Hochelaga\/Montreal) &#8211; the northern section of  Kanien\u2019keha:ka ancestral territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">His name Otsi\u2019tsak\u00e8n:ra\u200e means Spotted Flower, he is Rotiskarewake<br>(Bear Clan), married to Niioie:ren for 50 years, with 3 sons and 7<br>grandchildren.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"243\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.org\/montreal2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/charles-patton.jpg\" alt=\"Otsi\u2019tsak\u00e8n:ra portrait image.\" class=\"wp-image-2526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esa.org\/montreal2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/charles-patton.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.esa.org\/montreal2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/charles-patton-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.org\/montreal2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ohenton-Karihwatehkwen.pptx\">View the Ohenten Kariwatekwen translation<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the Ohenten Kariwatekwen or Haudenosaunee: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/blogs\/national-museum-american-indian\/2018\/11\/22\/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address\/\">https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/blogs\/national-museum-american-indian\/2018\/11\/22\/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p>He is a \u201cFaithkeeper\u201d of the Ronatha:te Kanien\u2019keha:ka (Mohawk Trail) Longhouse in Kahnaw\u00e1:ke. Faithkeepers are people who have committed themselves (to the Creator) to ensuring the continuance of Kanien\u2019keh\u00e1:ka tradition, language, spirituality, ceremony and culture.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Otsi\u2019tsak\u00e8n:ra\u200e , in his youth, was the winner of the Tom Longboat<br>Award, 3rd in the 1965 Canada Midget Cross Country Games and<br>travelled with the Quebec Team to France. He attended the University of Michigan, graduating with a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Science, majoring in Physical Education with a minor in English.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>He is a fluent Kanien\u2019k\u00e9ha speaker, and was the first teacher in the<br>Kahnaw\u00e1:ke school system qualified to teach the Immersion Physical Education Program in the Kanien\u2019k\u00e9ha language, and one of the first volunteers to bring a Kanien\u2019k\u00e9h\u00e1:ka Cultural Program into the elementary school system in the early 1980\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>He has also been a past director of the Kahnaw\u00e1:ke Youth Center, a Recreation Animator for the community and Museum Director for the Kanien\u2019keh\u00e1:ka Cultural Center.<\/p>\n<p>He worked with the Haudenosaunee Council of Chiefs for over 20 years, minding a Kanien\u2019keha:ka Bear Clan position, helping to maintain the original traditional government of the Five Nations\/Iroquois people and in dealing with the governments of Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>In his retirement, Otsi\u2019tsak\u00e8n:ra\u200e and his family now run Patton\u2019s Glen Golf Club, a Par 3 Golf Course in Kahnaw\u00e1:ke, that is open to people of all ages. His family started the club to give youth a chance to train in the sport at an early age and for families to play together because many golf courses do not allow children under 12 to learn or to play.<\/p>\n<p>Otsi\u2019tsak\u00e8n:ra\u200e, has been working with First Nations Technical Institute (FNTI) students as an elder in a very unique program accessing Indigenous knowledge in the field of Social Work. Across the land, he has opened conferences, presented at workshops and taught traditional studies courses in Vermont, McGill, Dawson and Concordia Universities, and opened the award to Canada\/US\/Mexico joint hosting for the 2026 FIFA World Cup games. He has been instrumental in ceremonies over the years in Montreal, Ottawa and provinces in Canada and the United States and at the United Nations. He has travelled to Machu Pichu \u2013 working with medicine men and elders in ceremony at this sacred place. In 2018 March,<br>he was acknowledged by McGill University IHPP \/ Indigenous Health Professions Program, for his contributions in the development of this concept and in helping to identify it: Eniathi\u2019nikonrai\u00e9ntho (plant a seed in their minds).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/blogs\/national-museum-american-indian\/2018\/11\/22\/haudenosaunee-thanksgiving-address\/\">Learn more about the Ohenten Kariwatekwen or Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:separator --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:heading --><\/p>\n<h2>Otsi\u2019tsak\u00e8n:ra <br>(Charles Patton)<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>EMAIL: <a href=\"mailto:niioieren@hotmail.com\">niioieren@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>450-632-6132 <br>-or-<br>514-566-6132<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>PO Box 36, Kahnawa:ke J0L1B0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving Address by Elder Otsi\u2019tsak\u00e8n:ra (Charles Patton) Otsi\u2019tsak\u00e8n:ra is a respected Elder of the Kanien\u2019keha:ka community of Kahnawa:ke, on the south shore of Otsira:ke (Hochelaga\/Montreal) &#8211; the northern section of Kanien\u2019keha:ka ancestral territory. His name Otsi\u2019tsak\u00e8n:ra\u200e means Spotted Flower, he is Rotiskarewake(Bear Clan), married to Niioie:ren for 50 years, with 3 sons and 7grandchildren. 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