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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 19, 20232 min read


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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Sep 12, 20232 min read


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.

zhaawano
Aug 30, 20233 min read


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.

zhaawano
Aug 28, 20231 min read


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 27, 20232 min read


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 26, 20231 min read


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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Aug 2, 20231 min read


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 31, 20231 min read


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 17, 20234 min read


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."

zhaawano
Jul 3, 20231 min read


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 28, 20233 min read


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

zhaawano
Jun 15, 202313 min read


What's Your Doodem, part 8: The Story of the Fisher and Marten clans
A teaching about the Anishinaabe Marten and Fisher clans , illustrated by a set of gold-and-silver clan wedding rings.

zhaawano
Jun 11, 20232 min read


Spirit of the Seasons, part 9: When the Heart Berry Moon Speaks
Tales of my Grandmother: How Ode'imin brought the People Medicine and can still be seen in the Full Heartberry Moon.

zhaawano
Jun 9, 20236 min read


Reawakening of the Medicine People, part 5: "If Only Our Eyes Saw Spirit"
"If Only Our Eyes Saw Spirit How Different Would We View the World."

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Jun 6, 20231 min read


What's Your Doodem, part 7: Indoodem, The Breast From Which I Draw
The literal and spiritual meaning of Odoodem - the Ojibwe Anishinaabe word for clan - and its declensions and conjugations .

zhaawano
Jun 5, 20233 min read


Spirit of the Seasons, part 8: Welcome, Strawberry Moon!
Welcome, Strawberry Moon! An Anishinaabe observation on the Full Moon and the Summer Solstice in the month of June.

zhaawano
Jun 4, 20232 min read


The Way of the Heartbeat, part 13: Walk with Courage
A pictorial teaching how to walk with the burden of trauma and abuse.

zhaawano
Jun 4, 20231 min read


Love Stories from the Land of Many Lakes, part 19: Wenabozho and His Grandmother's Hair
An Ojibwe teaching about the hair of Wenabozho's Grandmother.

zhaawano
May 30, 202313 min read


Dance of the 13 Moons: An Introduction to the Lunar Calendar of the Anishinaabe Peoples
Stories and Teachings from the Earth, part 13: An introduction to the Lunar Calendar of the Anishinaabeg Peoples.

zhaawano
May 15, 202320 min read
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