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When Storytelling Becomes Transcendental: Understanding the Concept of Aadizookewin
What can be said about our storytelling, and who was the first known true storyteller of the Anishinaabeg?
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Jan 128 min
Spirit of the Seasons, part 10: Why We Celebrate the New Year in Winter
About the concept of Giiwekiibiiyaang (decolonization) and why the Anishinaabeg celebrate New Year in the winter.
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Dec 31, 20231 min
Teachings from the Tree of Life, part 20: Look for the Fire Within
A musing just before the end of the New Year: Look for the fire inside ourselves.
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Dec 29, 20234 min
Star Stories, part 36: When Oshkaabewis Travels the Wolf Trail
The story of how Oshkaabewis Gezhiibatood (planet Mercury) follows Ma'iingan Giizhig Miikana: the Wolf Sky Trail.
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Dec 28, 20234 min
Teachings from the Tree of Life, part 19: Shadow of a Warrior
How to cope with the adversity and pitfalls that most First Turtle Island peoples face in America. Devictimize!
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Nov 26, 20235 min
Star Stories, part 35: Why We Must Relearn Our Stories
Why We Must Relearn Our Stories - And Look Up, Not Down "The night sky is a fantastic sight, stars moving across the sky, twinkling and...
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Nov 1, 20232 min
Teachings from the Tree of Life, part 18: The Poison in Turtle Island Soil
A letter to a friend: How to cope with the madness in the area of calling out so called pretendians?
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Sep 25, 20236 min
Spirit of the Seasons, part 12: Mother Earth's Dream and the Birth of our Lunar Calendar
How Mother Earth got impregnated and had a dream that marked the birth of our lunar calendar.
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Sep 19, 20232 min
Teachings From the Tree of Life, part 17: There Is Nothing Wrong With You
A teaching from the Tree of Life: We always have the opportunity to choose how to respond to how others see and treat us.
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Sep 12, 20232 min
Teachings from the Tree of Life, part 16: It's the Way You Are Treating Yourself
The way you’re treating yourself is the key to feeling better about yourself.
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Aug 30, 20233 min
Star stories, part 34: Dance of the Orange Blue Supermoon
The story of a rare meeting of two celestial beings, between Our Grandmother the Moon and Saturn, the ringed garden planet.
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Aug 28, 20231 min
Star Stories, part 33: When Waakwi-Aki Dances Backward in the Sky
The story of the retrograde motion of the planet Uranus, called "Waakwi Aki" by the Anishinaabeg Peoples.
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Aug 27, 20232 min
Teachings from the Tree of Life, part 2: "The Hawk and the Owls: A Vision of Healing"
A Hawk and Owl teaching about how to choose a different tree branch that leads us toward healing the hearts of the hurting.
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Aug 26, 20231 min
Teachings from the Tree of Life: Why the Owl Brings Healing
When the Owl calls, we know we are ready to walk the healing path.
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Aug 2, 20231 min
Teachings from the Tree of Life, part 3: "The Purpose of Life"
Two Tree of Life Teachings, moral lessons that have powerful healing benefits for everyone who is willing to listen and learn.
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Jul 31, 20231 min
Teachings from the Tree of Life, part 1: Looking into the Healing Mirror
The importance of ceremony. To heal a traumatized mind, a sense of belonging has to be established through ceremony and language.
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Jul 17, 20234 min
Stories from the Land of Crane and Turtle, Part 4: Wenabozho and the Magic Bow
How the magic bow of the Dinetah warrior came in Wenabozho’s possession and how he lost it again - and created the Milky Way along the way.
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Jul 3, 20231 min
Spirit of the Seasons, part 10: Wenabozho and the Gift of the Blueberries
Tonight another full moon rises, indicating the start of what some of us call Miini-giizis: "Blueberry Moon."
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Jun 28, 20233 min
The Way of the Heartbeat, part 14: Wenabozho and the Painted Drum
How the Universe was born and Wenabozho, through the sacred drum, empowered the entire world with the earth's heartbeat.
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Jun 15, 202313 min
Stories & Teachings from the Earth, part 13: Wenabozho and the Teaching of the Thunder Mountain Loon
How Wenabozho met a loon at Thunder Mountain and brought the Anishinaabeg language
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