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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


Teaching Stories, part 16: The Good Way of the Warrior
What it means to be a warrior. A Teaching Story illustrated with artwork by Carl Ray, Simone McLeod, and Zhaawano Giizhik.

zhaawano
Jun 2, 202123 min read


Teachings of the Eagle Feather, part 28: Path of the Sun Dancer
Follow the Path of the Sun Dancers. A teaching centered around two jewelry creations, about our most sacred ceremony, the Sun Dance.

zhaawano
Mar 17, 20217 min read


Stories and Teachings from the Earth, Part 5: Round Dance of the Sky Bear People
The story of a gold "Bear Fetish" teaching necklace titled Giizhigomakwawininiwag Waagishimon ("Round Dance of the Sky Bear People").

zhaawano
Mar 8, 20214 min read


Stories and Teachings from the Earth, part 4: Wenabozho and the Evil Spirit of the White Mountain
How the Great Hare Wiinabozho stopped the Wind-Maker Spirit of the White Mountain from terrorizing the land.

zhaawano
Jan 17, 20212 min read


Teachings of the Eagle Feather, part 27: Spirit of Thunder Mountain
An artistic homage to the Thunderbirds who in springtime descend from the mountain to watch over all life on Earth.

zhaawano
Jan 12, 202125 min read


Teachings of the Eagle Feather, part 26: Sky Blanket and the Gifts of the Little Spirit Tree
The story of a non-conformist, Two-Spirit Ojibwe woman who became a teacher of her People.

zhaawano
Dec 2, 202011 min read


Love Stories from the Land of Many Lakes: The Amazing Journey of a Woman Named Two-Spirit Thunder
The sacred story of a brave two-spirit woman of the Rattle Snake clan who journeyed to the domain of the Thunderbirds.

zhaawano
Nov 25, 202047 min read
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