Camille Pablo Russell

Camille Pablo Russell was born on the Blood Reserve in Southern Alberta. His Indian name is Shooting in the Air, and he goes by the name Pablo.

He grew up being very close to his grandparents. It was through them he learned a lot about his roots and traditions.

Following his own vision quests, Russell spent 18 years in Europe before he came back home to help his people in a variety of roles including support worker for the Indian Residential School, an IRS Elder, and an IRS support worker with Treaty 7 Management Corporation.

“All healing, all thanks goes to the Creator. He doctors,” says Pablo.

Over the past 20 years, he has lectured in Europe on Mental Health, Coaching, Traditional Herbs and Leadership Management. His workshops are based on the principle of “Follow the Buffalo”. The buffalo represents to native people the qualities of perseverance, facing the storms of life and walking into them.

Pablo has written The Path of the Buffalo Medicine Wheel, a transcription of the contents of his lectures and workshops. He works days as a spiritual counsellor at the Elbow River Healing Lodge, a unique health care facility dedicated to Aboriginal people, which focuses on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual approach to health care. He also works in the evenings as a Native coordinator at the Calgary Remand Centre.

Kids Books (1)

Colouring it Forward - Discover Blackfoot Nation Art & Wisdom: An Indigenous Art Colouring Book

$25.00

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Authors:

● Diana Frost (Indigenous Canadian; First Nations; Anishinaabeg; Algonquin; Métis;)
● Camille Pablo Russell (Indigenous Canadian; First Nations; Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksikaitsitapi); Kainai (Blood);)

Artists:

● Kalum Teke Dan (Indigenous Canadian; First Nations; Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksikaitsitapi); Kainai (Blood);)
● Ryan Jason Allen Willert (Indigenous Canadian; First Nations; Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksikaitsitapi); Siksika (Blackfoot);)

Format: Paperback

Text Content Territories: Indigenous Canadian; First Nations; Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksikaitsitapi);

Reading Level: N/A

ISBN / Barcode: 9780995285200

Synopsis:

This is more than just a colouring book.

You will enjoy learning a bit about Blackfoot traditional wisdom shared by Blackfoot elder Camille Pablo Russell while you add vibrant colour to the beautiful pieces of Blackfoot First Nation art by Kalum Teke Dan and Ryan Jason Allen Willert.

Blank lines under stories and traditional wisdom provide a space for journaling.

Royalties are paid to the artists and elder of this work.  Part of the proceeds also go to "Children are our Sacred Bundle" conferences that work on improving the situation for Indigenous children from the grassroots level.

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104 Pages | 8.5" x 11"

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