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Book Spirit of the Ojibwe

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  • Author : Sara Balbin
  • Publisher : Holy Cow Press
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 9780982354506
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Spirit of the Ojibwe written by Sara Balbin and published by Holy Cow Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique history of the survival of a tribal people, told through oral histories and portraits.

Book Living with Animals

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  • Author : Michael Pomedli
  • Publisher : University of Toronto Press
  • Release : 2014-02-24
  • ISBN : 1442667052
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book Living with Animals written by Michael Pomedli and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within nineteenth-century Ojibwe/Chippewa medicine societies, and in communities at large, animals are realities and symbols that demonstrate cultural principles of North American Ojibwe nations. Living with Animals presents over 100 images from oral and written sources – including birch bark scrolls, rock art, stories, games, and dreams – in which animals appear as kindred beings, spirit powers, healers, and protectors. Michael Pomedli shows that the principles at play in these sources are not merely evidence of cultural values, but also unique standards brought to treaty signings by Ojibwe leaders. In addition, these principles are norms against which North American treaty interpretations should be reframed. The author provides an important foundation for ongoing treaty negotiations, and for what contemporary Ojibwe cultural figures corroborate as ways of leading a good, integrated life.

Book A Two Spirit Journey

Download or read book A Two Spirit Journey written by Ma-Nee Chacaby and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling, harrowing, but ultimately uplifting story of resilience and self-discovery. A Two-Spirit Journey is Ma-Nee Chacaby’s extraordinary account of her life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian. From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community riven by poverty and alcoholism, Chacaby’s story is one of enduring and ultimately overcoming the social, economic, and health legacies of colonialism. As a child, Chacaby learned spiritual and cultural traditions from her Cree grandmother and trapping, hunting, and bush survival skills from her Ojibwa stepfather. She also suffered physical and sexual abuse by different adults, and in her teen years became alcoholic herself. At twenty, Chacaby moved to Thunder Bay with her children to escape an abusive marriage. Abuse, compounded by racism, continued, but Chacaby found supports to help herself and others. Over the following decades, she achieved sobriety; trained and worked as an alcoholism counsellor; raised her children and fostered many others; learned to live with visual impairment; and came out as a lesbian. In 2013, Chacaby led the first gay pride parade in Thunder Bay. Ma-Nee Chacaby has emerged from hardship grounded in faith, compassion, humour, and resilience. Her memoir provides unprecedented insights into the challenges still faced by many Indigenous people.

Book Living with Animals

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Pomedli
  • Publisher : University of Toronto Press
  • Release : 2014-01-01
  • ISBN : 144261479X
  • Pages : 378 pages

Download or read book Living with Animals written by Michael Pomedli and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living with Animals presents over 100 images from oral and written sources – including birch bark scrolls, rock art, stories, games, and dreams – in which animals appear as kindred beings, spirit powers, healers, and protectors.

Book Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country

Download or read book Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country written by Louise Erdrich and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An account of Louise Erdrich's trip through the lakes and islands of southern Ontario with her 18-month old baby and the baby's father, an Ojibwe spiritual leader and guide"--

Book Spirit of the Ojibwa

Download or read book Spirit of the Ojibwa written by James R. Bailey and published by Holy Cow Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Spirit of the Ojibwa "is an intimate gathering of oral biographies and stunning color portraits of 32 Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Elders. Their tribal history, told in story and image, is a compelling tale of how one people courageously adapted and triumphed over cultural oppression, broken government treaties, and the deliberate flooding of their reservation by the Wisconsin-Minnesota Power and Light Company. First settled in the Hayward, Wisconsin area, in the 1740s, The Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe is today one of the most progressive Indian groups in the United States. This is a people who still live close to nature's rhythms and these stories reveal their tribal history, traditions, migrations, spiritual practices and clan structure. It is through the tribal elders, such as James "Pipe" Mustache, who are keepers of knowledge and never stop teaching-one, of many, who were brought up in the original Indian way of the early 1900s, lived well into the modern age, and transmitted his wisdom to today's elders, or to anyone else who would listen patiently. As a young boy, James R. Bailey was privileged to attend pow-wows staged by the Lac Courte Oreilles tribe. He has been the development director of the tribe's public radio station, and works as a writer and photographer in the Hayward, Wisconsin, area. Cuban-born visual artist Sara Balbin has for the past 25 years painted portraits of Indian elders from the Lac Courte Oreilles Chippewa tribe. She co-founded the Hayward-Cable Area Arts Council, led art therapy workshops and organized cultural exchanges between American and Cuban artists. She operates Dragonfly -Studio near Drummond, Wisconsin. Thelma Nayquonabe is Ojibwa Languageand Cultural Program Director at the LCO tribal school.

Book The Ojibwe

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  • Author : Alesha Halvorson
  • Publisher : Capstone
  • Release : 2016-08
  • ISBN : 1515702405
  • Pages : 33 pages

Download or read book The Ojibwe written by Alesha Halvorson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2016-08 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explains Ojibwe history and highlights Ojibwe life in modern society"--

Book The Manitous

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  • Author : Basil Johnston
  • Publisher : Borealis Book
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN : 9780873514118
  • Pages : 247 pages

Download or read book The Manitous written by Basil Johnston and published by Borealis Book. This book was released on 2001 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the rich oral culture of his own Ojibway Indian heritage, Basil Johnston presents a collection of legends and tales depicting manitous, mystical beings who are divine and essential forces in the spiritual life of his people.

Book North Spirit

Download or read book North Spirit written by Paulette Jiles and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1974, when Paulette Jiles was first sent by the CBC to work as a journalist in Big Trout Lake, a village without radio or television in remote northern Ontario, she didn't know a bush plane from a backpack. "North Spirit is based on the seven years Jiles spent working with the northern Cree and Ojibway peoples, who call themselves Anishinabe. This lyrical, witty and reflective book evokes a time when new technology is beginning to clash with the traditioinal culture. At its center is the author's search for the meaning of the remote and sometimes terrifying Oda-Ka-Daun, or Stern Paddler, who moves his cosmic vessel through the heavens. As she seeks to unravel this mystery, Jiles recounts her many adventures among the Anishinabe people and reveals the enduring legacy of their northern mythology.

Book Kitchi

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  • Author : Alana Robson
  • Publisher : Banana Books
  • Release : 2021-01-30
  • ISBN : 9781800490680
  • Pages : 24 pages

Download or read book Kitchi written by Alana Robson and published by Banana Books. This book was released on 2021-01-30 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "He is forever and ever here in spirit" An adventure. A magic necklace. Brotherhood. Six-year-old Forrest feels lost now that his big brother Kitchi is no longer here. He misses him every day and clings onto a necklace that reminds him of Kitchi. One day, the necklace comes to life. Forrest is taken on a magical adventure, where he meets a colourful cast of characters, including a beautiful, yet mysterious fox, who soon becomes his best friend. www.kitchithespiritfox.com

Book Wisdom Lessons

Download or read book Wisdom Lessons written by Mary Lyons and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-19 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great-Grandmother Mary Lyons, Ojibwe Elder from Minnesota, is a spiritual advisor, storyteller and wisdom keeper. She travels and teaches internationally with the Indigenous Grandmothers of the Sacred We. She is the founder of the Minnesota Coalition on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, an Indian Child Welfare Act Expert Witness and a Native American Family and Child Advocate. She was a keynote speaker at the Parliament of World Religions in Utah and at the People's Climate March in New York City in 2014. She is a winner of the Congressional Angels in Adoption Award, nominated by Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota. She currently serves as a 4-Core Grandmother Council member for the women's sobriety group Women of Wellbriety International, which she co-founded. Grandmother Mary was one of many Native children removed from her home and placed in an institution; she has first-hand experience the negative effects on children and families of alcohol and drug addiction. After her own recovery, guided by her ancestors, she has dedicated her life to helping others, including fostering and adopting many children with family difficulties, disabilities and fetal alcohol syndrome.

Book Ojibwe Indians

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  • Author : Suzanne Williams
  • Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9781403408655
  • Pages : 36 pages

Download or read book Ojibwe Indians written by Suzanne Williams and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2003 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turn the pages of this book to learn about Ojibwe Indians. Find out what Ojibwes did during each season of the year. Read about the houses that they made from bark and sticks. Learn about how the Ojibwes make maple syrup. In this book you will see the canoes that Ojibwes built, discover the clothing that Ojibwes wore read about how Ojibwes harvest wild rice.

Book People of the State of Illinois V  Devin

Download or read book People of the State of Illinois V Devin written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book My Grandfather s Knocking Sticks

Download or read book My Grandfather s Knocking Sticks written by Brenda J. Child and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2014 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Child uses her grandparents' story as a gateway into discussion of various kinds of labor and survival in Great Lakes Ojibwe communities, from traditional ricing to opportunistic bootlegging, from healing dances to sustainable fishing. The result is a portrait of daily work and family life on reservations in the first half of the twentieth century"--

Book Reclaiming Two Spirits

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  • Author : Gregory D. Smithers
  • Publisher : Beacon Press
  • Release : 2022-04-26
  • ISBN : 0807003476
  • Pages : 378 pages

Download or read book Reclaiming Two Spirits written by Gregory D. Smithers and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping history of Indigenous traditions of gender, sexuality, and resistance that reveals how, despite centuries of colonialism, Two-Spirit people are reclaiming their place in Native nations. Reclaiming Two-Spirits decolonizes the history of gender and sexuality in Native North America. It honors the generations of Indigenous people who had the foresight to take essential aspects of their cultural life and spiritual beliefs underground in order to save them. Before 1492, hundreds of Indigenous communities across North America included people who identified as neither male nor female, but both. They went by aakíí’skassi, miati, okitcitakwe or one of hundreds of other tribally specific identities. After European colonizers invaded Indian Country, centuries of violence and systematic persecution followed, imperiling the existence of people who today call themselves Two-Spirits, an umbrella term denoting feminine and masculine qualities in one person. Drawing on written sources, archaeological evidence, art, and oral storytelling, Reclaiming Two-Spirits spans the centuries from Spanish invasion to the present, tracing massacres and inquisitions and revealing how the authors of colonialism’s written archives used language to both denigrate and erase Two-Spirit people from history. But as Gregory Smithers shows, the colonizers failed—and Indigenous resistance is core to this story. Reclaiming Two-Spirits amplifies their voices, reconnecting their history to Native nations in the 21st century.

Book The Brave

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  • Author : James Bird
  • Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
  • Release : 2020-06-30
  • ISBN : 1250247748
  • Pages : 259 pages

Download or read book The Brave written by James Bird and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Rain Reign, this middle-grade novel The Brave is about a boy with an undiagnosed anxiety issue and his move to a reservation to live with his biological mother. Collin can't help himself—he has a mental health condition that finds him counting every letter spoken to him. It's a quirk that makes him a prime target for bullies, and frustrates the adults around him, including his father. When Collin asked to leave yet another school, his dad decides to send him to live in Minnesota with the mother he's never met. She is Ojibwe, and lives on a reservation. Collin arrives in Duluth with his loyal dog, Seven, and quickly finds his mom and his new home to be warm, welcoming, and accepting of his disability. Collin’s quirk is matched by that of his neighbor, Orenda, a girl who lives mostly in her treehouse and believes she is turning into a butterfly. With Orenda’s help, Collin works hard to learn the best ways to manage his anxiety disorder. His real test comes when he must step up for his new friend and trust his new family.

Book The Cultural Toolbox

Download or read book The Cultural Toolbox written by Anton Treuer and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ojibwe culture has changed over time, but these changes have found a way to stay recognizable to the Ojibwe ancestors, ancient and modern.