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Star Stories, part 19: The Blood Moon, When Great Changes Begin
The Ojibwe Blood Moon, a total lunar eclipse in the spring and summer moons when great changes begin.

zhaawano
Dec 28, 20214 min read


Star Stories, part 18: The Boy Who Came From the Sun
How the Little Boy Drum came from the Sun to help the Anishinaabe People.

zhaawano
Dec 17, 202128 min read


Teachings of the Eagle Feather, part 30: Vision of the Bald Eagle
How a Two-Spirit Dakota woman had a vision that helped restoring peace with the Ojibwe People of the Rapids.

zhaawano
Nov 18, 202118 min read


Teachings from the Tree of Life, part 4
A letter to a friend, about overcoming loneliness and despair and the bends and rocks in the river. We're all in the same canoe.

zhaawano
Nov 8, 20213 min read


Teachings of the Eagle Feather, part 29: Look Within Yourself for Love
Eagle feather teaching of Love and Introspection. The Eagle teaches us to love the Great Mystery and ourselves before we can love others.

zhaawano
Oct 26, 20213 min read


Star Stories, part 17: Jiingwan and the Blood Star
The story of how Jiingwan defeated the dreaded Wiindigoo in the Winter Bringer constellation and became a Name Giver of the children.

zhaawano
Oct 15, 202137 min read


Star Stories, Part 16: The Wolf Above and the Wolf Below
How Ma'iingan the Wolf in the Night Sky is mirrored on the Earth and in our sacred stories, both physically and spiritually.

zhaawano
Sep 30, 20218 min read


Star Stories, part 14: Our Clans Among the Stars, Chapter 2
Ojibwe star map: an illustrated list of the Anishinaabe constellations according to the four seasons.

zhaawano
Sep 26, 20214 min read


Star Stories, part 15: They Go With Someone in a Canoe
The Ojibwe story of Aadawa'amoog -, the three star asterism in the constellation of Gaa-biboonikaan, the Bringer of Winter.

zhaawano
Sep 23, 20212 min read


Giigidowag Mitigoog (The Trees Speak), part 2: Birth of the Bear Berry Tree
The story of the Mountain Ash and the founding of Baawiting, the Place of the Rapids (Sault Ste. Marie)

zhaawano
Sep 8, 202126 min read


Stories and Teachings from the Earth, part 6: Giiwedinong? Geget!
A musing from the womb of a Manitoba sweat lodge

zhaawano
Aug 17, 20212 min read


Love Stories from the Land of Many Lakes, part 8: North Star Woman and the Call of the Loon
The contemporary traditional (sacred) story of a young woman who lives on the shore of a bay and falls in love with the voice of a young man

zhaawano
Aug 4, 202113 min read


Star Stories, part 13: Just a Thought
A musing about the stars possibly being the thoughts of Gichi-manidoo. If so, all we have to do is learn to read its thoughts...

zhaawano
Aug 2, 20212 min read


Star Stories, part 12: A Love Poem for Jane
A love poem for Jane Muskitta titled Jiingwanan (Shooting Stars)

zhaawano
Jul 27, 20211 min read


Star Stories, part 11: How the Fisher Brought Summer to the North
Storyteller Zhaawano tells the Sacred Ojibwe tale of the Fisher Star and his celestial spouse, the Little Fisher.

zhaawano
Jul 21, 20214 min read


Star stories, part 10 : The Moose on Earth and in the Sky
A teaching about the Moose on earth and in the night sky

zhaawano
Jul 19, 20216 min read


Star Stories, part 9: Ojibwe Indigenous Star Map - An Artist's Rendition
The cosmic lodge seen through Indigenous Anishinaabe Eyes: a pictorial guide to the Ojibwe names of stars and clan-related constellations.

zhaawano
Jul 19, 202129 min read


Star Stories, part 8: Our Clans Among the Stars, chapter 1
Storyteller Zhaawano takes you on a magic trip to the star world, toward the constellations where the souls and clans of our ancestors rest.

zhaawano
Jul 19, 202152 min read


Entering Rooms of Life (A Poem by Simone McLeod)
A poem by Simone McLeod against the backdrop of the Residential/Boarding School policy to wipe out "the savage" in our children of long ago

zhaawano
Jul 19, 20211 min read


The Way of the Heartbeat, Part 7: The True Meaning of the Word Debwewin
The Way of the Heartbeat, part 7: the true meaning of the Ojibwe word Debwewin (Truth).

zhaawano
Jun 16, 20213 min read
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