--- title: "4 William Commanda Quotes - Famous Artist" description: "William Commanda OC was an Algonquin elder, spiritual leader, and promoter of environmental stewardship. Commanda served as Band Chief of the Kitigàn-zì..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b035/author-william-commanda-72234.jpg" --- ![Portrait of William Commanda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b035/author-william-commanda-72234.jpg) # William Commanda (1913–2011) Artist Canada **4** quotes in **70** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet William Commanda was an artist from Canada. ## Quick Facts About William Commanda Born November 11, 1913 Died August 3, 2011 Nationality Canada Profession Artist ## About William Commanda William Commanda OC was an Algonquin elder, spiritual leader, and promoter of environmental stewardship. Commanda served as Band Chief of the Kitigàn-zìbì Anishinàbeg First Nation near Maniwaki, Quebec, from 1951 to 1970. In his life, he worked as a guide, a trapper and woodsman, and was a skilled craftsman and artisan who excelled at constructing birch bark canoes. He was Keeper of several Algonquin wampum shell belts, which held records of prophecies, history, treaties and agreements. In 2008, Commanda was appointed to the rank of officer of the Order of Canada. ## Awards & Honors Officer of the Order of Canada ## Quotes by William Commanda > [Its all spirit and its all connected...Our choice is to live out of harmony with spiritual ways or in harmony with spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-commanda/its-all-spirit-and-its-all-connected-our-choice-is-to-live-out-of/) William Commanda [Choice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c35/william-commanda-72234_choice_its-all-spirit-and-its-all-connected-our_232074.png) > [We must come together with one heart, one mind, one love and one determination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-commanda/we-must-come-together-with-one-heart-one-mind-one-love-and-one/) William Commanda [Determination](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/determination/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbb/william-commanda-72234_determination_we-must-come-together-with-one-heart-one_1029944.png) > [In the time of the seventh Fire new people will emerge. They will retrace their steps to find what was left by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-commanda/in-the-time-of-the-seventh-fire-new-people-will-emerge-they-will/) William Commanda [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a2/william-commanda-72234_asks_in-the-time-of-the-seventh-fire-new-peop_1201080.png) > [Traditional people of Indian nations have interpreted the two roads that face the light-skinned race as the road to technology and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-commanda/traditional-people-of-indian-nations-have-interpreted-the-two-roads/) William Commanda [American indian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-indian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/william-commanda-72234_american-indian_traditional-people-of-indian-nations-hav_1255246.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-commanda/#itemlist", "name": "William Commanda Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Its all spirit and its all connected...Our choice is to live out of harmony with spiritual ways or in harmony with spiritual ways. 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