Name Pronunciation and Meaning
Č’apac Sk^:n^lahá:wi is pronounced “Chapáts Skunah Lahówee.” It comes from the Nuu-chah-nulth language of the Huu-ay-aht First Nation on the west coast and the ONYOTA’A:KÁ: (Oneida) language of the Iroquois on the east coast. Č’apac means “canoe” in Nuu-chah-nulth, and Sk^:n^lahá:wi means “he who brings peace” in the Iroquois language. Together, it means “Peacemaker’s Canoe” for Indigenous People from coast to coast.
Mission
To equip and mobilize Indigenous People living in covenant with Creator to nurture others on the journey of reconciliation.
Vision
To nurture a collective of People living in covenant with Creator collaborating for community wholeness through decolonizing mind, body, spirit and social/environmental relationships.
Logo
BLUE LONGHOUSE: Represents the home or sanctuary of our Creator God, which is His Law of Love, established for us in which to dwell.
RED CANOE: Represents the vessel through which we can dwell once again in our Creator’s home. It is red for the blood of our Creator’s sacrifice to restore us into unity with Him.
TWO PADDLES: Represents the two instruments of our Creator’s Truth (His Word) and Grace (His Love), which mobilize the canoe in which we make our journey home. They are white to symbolize the purity of Creator’s Truth & Grace. They are in the upright position, symbolizing that we come in peace into our Creator’s House.
THREE S-FORMS: Represents a crucial message of warning from our Creator in His printed Word delivered through the canoe of His Grace for all His People. It is found in Revelation 14:6-12, and it is a 3-part message:
- Restore a harmonious relationship we once had with our Creator with new wisdom from His printed Word.
- The confusion of colonial “christianity” that’s been empowered by earthly governments to distort the true character of our Creator and which mobilized acts of destruction against Nations, Tongues & Peoples and their lands in “his name” will be called to account.
- Decolonize our full human experience of mind, body, spirit, and relationship to nature and others by living in harmony with the way of our Creator’s Love & Peace, as described in His Law and demonstrated in the life of Jesus.
ENVELOPING OVOID FORM: Represents our Creator’s Love embracing, healing and sheltering us on our journey home.
