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An Illustrated List of Ojibwe Anishinaabe Stars & Planets, part 2 (J to Z)
An Illustrated List of Ojibwe Anishinaabe Stars & Planets, part 2 (J to Z)

zhaawano
Jul 30, 202424 min read
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Stories and Teachings From the Earth, part 18: A Word About Grandparents and their Grandchildren
In Anishinaabe culture, Ginoozhishinaan, grandchildren, are important since they guarantee the continuity & future of the family and Nation.

zhaawano
Jul 29, 20244 min read
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Star Stories, part 40: The Great Sky Bear That Lives Among the Stars
Grandmother telling stories of Ishpiming Gichi Makwa, The Great Bear in the Sky.

zhaawano
Jul 29, 202424 min read
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Reflections of the Great Lakes, part 19: The Great Battle Between Wenabozho and Mishibizhiw
The fascinating story of the great battle between Wenabozho and Mishibizhiw which led to the great deluge that flooded the earth.

zhaawano
Jul 13, 20244 min read
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Teachings From the Tree of Life, part 31: The Issue of Shame
Why the cycle of historical trauma disrupts Indigenous mental health and culture and what we can do to break it.

zhaawano
Jul 10, 20243 min read
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Star Stories, part 39: Mishibizhiw and the Great Passing of the Spirit Rabbit
The wondrous tale about how Wenabozho avenged his brother's death and, with the aid of the Great Underworld Lynx, helped him return home.

zhaawano
Jul 4, 20248 min read
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Star Stories, part 38: Harvesting Medicine Along the Cedar Trail
An Ojibwe Anishinaabe teaching about the Giizhik-miikana or Cedar Trail, the planetary elliptical that moves from east to west.

zhaawano
Jun 24, 20243 min read
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Stories and Teachings From the Earth, part 17: What Is My Real Body?
A musing on the interconnectedness between mankind and nature – illustrated through the Anishinaabe ceremony of the Shaking Tent.

zhaawano
Jun 15, 20248 min read
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Teaching Stories, part 26: The Seven Grandfather Teachings-Weaving Threads of Tradition
Weaving Threads of Tradition: The Seven Grandfather Teachings in my storytelling and art.

zhaawano
Jun 9, 202411 min read
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The Way of the Heartbeat, part 15: As Your Heart Beats
We must teach our children the gift of the Heart. It is the strongest, most powerful gift there is.

zhaawano
Jun 4, 20243 min read
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Teachings from the Tree of Life, part 15: Spirit Bear and the Tree of Life
Makwa the bear, "Born From Medicine," guardian of the Medicine Lodge of the Anishinaabe and Ininew Peoples.

zhaawano
Jun 1, 202418 min read
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Reawakening of the Medicine People, part 7: Return of the Kind-hearted People
Return of the Kind-hearted People: Finding the key to healing the intergenerational trauma of Anishinaabe Peoples.

zhaawano
May 31, 20241 min read
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Teachings From the Tree of Life, part 29: The Truth of Decolonization - Why We Must Nurture Our Language Roots
The Truth of Decolonization - Why We Must Nurture Our Indigenous Language Roots

zhaawano
May 30, 202425 min read
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Stories and Teachings From the Earth, part 16: Who Was It Who Gave Us Our Language?
How Wenabozho walked the newly created turtle island and gave us Anishinaabemowin, the beautiful language of the spirit.

zhaawano
May 24, 20246 min read
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Reflections of the Great Lakes, part 19: Song of the Sturgeon
The lake sturgeon and his sacred place in the songs, stories, and cosmology of the Anishinaabeg and Ininiwak Peoples.

zhaawano
May 20, 20247 min read
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Teachings From the Tree of Life, part 28: We All Paddle Our Own Canoe
By the end of the day, when our spirits sink in the west, we are all each still unique and simply wonderful the way we are.

zhaawano
May 16, 20242 min read
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Teachings From the Tree of Life, part 27: Finding the Missing Link
To find the missing link between ourselves and the world of our ancestors is to learn the language..

zhaawano
May 15, 20246 min read
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Stories and Teachings From the Earth, part 15: Why Storytelling Is About Context
The importance of context: How contemporary Indigenous storytelling is embedded in the old storytelling traditions.

zhaawano
May 4, 20242 min read
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Stories & Teachings From the Earth, part 14: We All Come From the Same Place
Ininewak (Cree) and Anishinaabeg are related Peoples as their ancestors lived together in the era of the last Ice age.

zhaawano
May 3, 20247 min read
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Teachings from the Tree of Life, part 26: Our Role as Storytellers
The role of storytellers in helping to tackle and heal the widespread cognitive dissonance in the hearts & minds of Native people.

zhaawano
Apr 29, 20244 min read
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