Lovely thoughts and I would expand the focus on gathering wisdom from not just First Nation folks but expanding it further to those as Thoreau so poetically put "walk to the sound of a different drummer."  The two wisest people I knew were my cousin with Down's syndrome who was blessed with true wisdom at times and my terminally ill friend who saw life in a clear and fearless way.Both had great senses of humor - a must for the wise. Some would say Jesus did too! I worry that instead of bolstering this type of thinking up we are dragging it down and dragging it down too fast for our very futures.