Indigenous Elder
William Commanda
and
Circle of All Nations
Indigenous Elder William Commanda
Circle of All Nations (CAN) is the informal global eco-peace community founded by late Indigenous Elder William Commanda (Wampum Belt Carrier, Canoe Builder, Honorary and Affirmed PhD, Officer of the Order of Canada).
Circle of All Nations is grounded in the Laws of Nature and the foundational principle of Ginawaydaganuc – All is Connected.
Circle of All Nations
Animated by the passion of Grandfather William Commanda, Circle of All Nations is a global eco-peace community unified by his fundamental and unshakeable conviction that as children of Mother Earth, we all belong together, with Nature, irrespective of our individual colour, creed or culture.
“We must come together with one heart, one mind, one love and one determination, to create a Circle of All Nations, a Culture of Peace” – Circle of All Nations Mini Backgrounder
A Global Eco Peace Community Founded by North America Indigenous Elder William Commanda
Training, Education, Advocacy, Communications and Healing
Circle of All Nations Blog
Reaffirming and Advancing our Circle of All Nations Priorities and Passions.
In May 2000, William Commanda hosted the International Millennium Circle of All Nations Gathering at Nepean Point, “The Place Where we Sleep”, and thereafter, with the creation of the Circle of All Nations website, he became a dot.com elder. In 2009, with the launch of Facebook, he became a presence on this online platform, and today, his photos, videos, quotations, and work can draw thousands of hits in hours. Indeed, he remains “encore vivant” in the digital age, 10 years after his death.
Today, we are pleased to present our revitalized 2020s Circle of All Nations Blog Site. The Sleeping Giant is awakening again!
Circle of All Nations Landing Page
Please check out our new Circle of All Nations Landing Page at www.circleofallnations.ca, for substantive information on the ideology and animation of our global eco community, chronological and thematic blogs, archival documents and academic research of the past decades. The landing page takes you to our online work, photos and reports, which span multiple diverse knowledge streams and interests.
Coordinator of Circle of All Nations
Romola V. Thumbadoo worked in criminal, social and Indigenous justice across Canada as a federal civil servant, in operations, policy and planning (25 years); and, at the grass roots level, with the Circle of All Nations global eco peace community founded by late Indigenous Elder William Commanda (25 years). All her Circle of All Nations work is entirely pro-bono and unfunded.
Her Master’s thesis examined detribalization and racism in African literature (Detribalization and Racial Conflict as Major Themes in Peter Abraham’s African Writings); she completed her PhD thesis entitled Ginawaydaganuc and the Circle of All Nations: The Remarkable Environmental Legacy of Elder William Commanda in 2018, and postdoctoral research on William Commanda’s discourse and legacy in 2021.
Asinabka Module
Asinabka Module : This pertains to the work for the William Commanda Legacy Vision for the International Indigenous Peace and Healing Center at the Sacred Chaudiere Site, and includes the key related original materials in the Circle of All Nations historical archival ASINABKA site created in the early 2000s. Copyright Romola V. Thumbadoo.
From our Cosmic Prayer to a Legacy of Hope
All materials created and co-created by Romola Vasantha Thumbadoo since 1997. Please acknowledge with any use of our intellectual property.
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