Ojigkwanong: Encounter with an Algonquin Sage

Ojigkwanong: Encounter with an Algonquin Sage was directed by Lucie Ouimet.

Ojigkwanong: Encounter with an Algonquin Sage has a runtime of 26m.

Ojigkwanong: Encounter with an Algonquin Sage was produced by André Gladu.

William Commanda, whose Algonquin name is Ojigkwanong, was born on the Maniwaki reserve in Quebec in 1913. The story of his early life is a familiar one: the loss of Indigenous culture, numbing poverty and escape into alcohol. In 1961 Commanda, then chief of his reserve, was terminally ill. He had a vision that would transform his life and those of his people. Imagining a Circle of all Nations, his first gesture was to reconcile the Algonquins and Iroquois. Since then, he has devoted himself to the reconciliation of peoples and cultures. The message of this old sage is universal: healing is the main priority and can only be achieved through forgiveness and tolerance. In this, he shares much with other remarkable individuals who managed to wash politics clean of resentment: Gandhi, Martin Luther King, the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela.

The key characters in Ojigkwanong: Encounter with an Algonquin Sage are Self - Ojigkwanong (William Commanda).

Ojigkwanong: Encounter with an Algonquin Sage is a Documentary, Short film.