Author: Sara Balbin
Publisher: Holy Cow Press
ISBN: 9780982354506
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A unique history of the survival of a tribal people, told through oral histories and portraits.

Author: Paulette Jiles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 314

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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.

Author: Michael Pomedli
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442667052
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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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.

Author: Ma-Nee Chacaby
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN: 0887555039
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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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.

Author: Louise Erdrich
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0792257197
Category : Lake of the Woods
Languages : en
Pages : 138

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"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"--

Author: Michael Pomedli
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 144261479X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 378

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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.

Author: Alana Robson
Publisher: Banana Books
ISBN: 9781800490680
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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"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

Author: Alesha Halvorson
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515702405
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

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"Explains Ojibwe history and highlights Ojibwe life in modern society"--

Author: James R. Bailey
Publisher: Holy Cow Press
ISBN: 9780930100933
Category : Ojibwa Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"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.

Author: Basil Johnston
Publisher: Borealis Book
ISBN: 9780873514118
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 247

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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.