The Creator’s Plan

Richard Pellissier-Lush will launch his book The Creator’s Plan in Memorial Hall at Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown on December 5 at 5:30 pm.

“My son, you do not need black hair, brown skin, or brown eyes like me to pray and practice your culture. You will learn the songs and the drumming in time. The Creator’s plan was to give you everything that makes you who you are, and you are perfect to me just the way you are! Always remember that, no matter what anyone else says to you. We need to pray for those children too, my son, as hard as that may seem. But remember, you are exactly how the Creator planned you to be, and I will love you until the end of time.”

—excerpt from The Creator’s Plan.

As a Mi’kmaq child, Pellissier-Lush grew looking different than other Indigenous children. He didn’t feel he fit in with the non-Indigenous or the Indigenous children he knew. His mother continually reminding him that he was part of the Creator’s plan empowered him to embrace his culture no matter what he looked like. Her chorus of encouragement stayed with him through his childhood and helped make him the man he is today.

Pellissier-Lush is a Mi’kmaq man from Lennox Island First Nation, PEI. His passions are based on his Mi’kmaq culture, traditions, loyalty, and love of the First Nations communities and his family, the Mi’kmaq People. He works with L’nuey as an Engagement Officer and he previously worked with the PEI Aboriginal Sport Circle. He is one of the founders and original members of Mi’kmaq Legends (Mi’kmaq Heritage Actors), an all Indigenous theatre group that specializes in telling the stories, traditions, songs, dances, and culture of the Mi’kmaq from the past, and present.