Sheguiandah First Nation Nini shares teachings on implementing the Doodem System of Governance – Anishinabek News
March 3, 2025
SAULT STE. MARIE — Sheguiandah First Nation’s Chop Waindubence shared teachings on Implementing the Doodem System of Governance on the second day of the Anishinabek Nation Governance Summit, held Feb. 25-27 at the Quattro Hotel and Conference Centre in Sault Ste. Marie.
“Each one of these clans have leadership instilled inside of them and we have to make sure that we use that leadership as well,” says Waindubence, whose father was the late Anishinabek Nation Head Getzit Mishomis Gordon Waindubence M’Shiikenh-baa. “These clans are not the only leadership we have in Anishinabek territory, and throughout the day, I’m going to reflect back on that because we have to understand where our leadership comes from and what leadership really is. And I know we always bash the Indian Act, and I’m going to bash it right now for a minute — act Indian, not Indian Act, like the old man (Gordon-baa) said.”
