From our Advisor: Long Lost Burial – An Act of Reconciliation

n June 2024, I was visiting my brother in Winnipeg, and we decided to take a drive a couple hours south to golf and play some casino in Warroad, Minnesota. While we were golfing, my phone started ringing and not recognizing the number, I let it go to voicemail. Later, I had a message from a woman who told me that she had an urgent matter she wanted to tell me about, and that my mother was the one who gave her my number.

As soon as she mentioned my mother, I knew I had to respond (lol)….

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Kristin Wagman
Your Wall is Waiting

Your blank wall isn’t a problem — it’s potential.

That empty space you keep walking past is an invitation to bring personality, warmth, and meaning into your home with original art. You don’t need to be a collector or have a huge budget; you just need the desire to make your space feel like it truly belongs to you.

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From our Advisor: Spring 2026

Greetings once again to all of you, here we are, on the verge of Spring 2026!

To say the month of March in my parent’s language would be:

For Ojibway: Onaabani-giizis (Crusted Snow Moon) or Aandego -giizis (Crow Moon)
Plains Cree: Niski-Pisim (Goose Moon)

In both languages, they describe what they would see this time of the year. We have a very descriptive language; it’s as if we talk in pictures.

Last month, Canada designated the month of February as National Indigenous Storytelling Month…

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Kristin Wagman