top of page
Search


The Trees Speak, part 5: The Eagle and the Tamarack Tree
The Eagle and the Tamarack Tree: a sacred story dedicated to my friend Michel Sutherland.

zhaawano
Aug 27, 20248 min read


Spirit of the Seasons, part 13: The Rise of the Blue Supermoon
How the Anishinaabeg understand and define the phenomenon of the blue supermoon.

zhaawano
Aug 20, 20244 min read


Love Stories from the Land of Many Lakes, part 20: Seek the Deepest Blue of the Sky (A Love Poem)
Seek the Deepest Blue of the Sky (A Love Poem)

zhaawano
Aug 17, 20242 min read


Star Stories, part 41: Looking Through a Hole in the Sky
Looking through the Hole in the Sky - the Pleiades asterism, where our celestial origin lies.

zhaawano
Aug 14, 202415 min read


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, 202425 min read


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


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


Reflections of the Great Lakes, part 20: 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, 20245 min read


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, 20245 min read


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


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


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, 20249 min read


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


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


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, 202417 min read


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, 20242 min read


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


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, 20247 min read


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


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
bottom of page