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zhaawano
Jun 15, 20248 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.
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zhaawano
Jun 9, 202411 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.
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zhaawano
Jun 4, 20243 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.
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zhaawano
Jun 1, 202418 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.
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zhaawano
May 31, 20241 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.
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zhaawano
May 30, 202425 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
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zhaawano
May 24, 20246 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.
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zhaawano
May 20, 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.
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zhaawano
May 16, 20242 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.
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zhaawano
May 15, 20246 min read
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..
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zhaawano
May 4, 20242 min read
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.
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zhaawano
May 3, 20247 min read
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.
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zhaawano
Apr 29, 20244 min read
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.
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zhaawano
Apr 23, 202430 min read
Stories from the Land of Crane and Turtle, part 6: Manidoowigwisimaa and the Return of the Fire Spirit
How a gifted Anishinaabe boy went to the Fire Mountain in the North to recover the Fire and free the Sun from his captivity.
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zhaawano
Apr 5, 20244 min read
Teachings from the Tree of Life, part 25: Wenabozho Meets Jesus
Wenabozho meets Jesus and smokes the pipe with him.
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zhaawano
Mar 10, 20242 min read
Teachings from the Tree of Life, part 24: What's the Link between Fire and Sound?
Onisiditaan, learning through listening: The key to understanding the Ojibwe Anishinaabe language
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zhaawano
Mar 8, 20244 min read
Star Stories, part 37: Does My Storytelling Qualify as Science Fiction?
Does my Aadizookewin (Storytelling) qualify as Science Fiction or Science Fantasy?
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zhaawano
Feb 24, 20242 min read
Teachings from the Tree of Life, part 23: We Have a Mind of Our Own, so Use It.
How do we, as we stumble along on the path of learning, cope with all the information about Indigenous-related topics that's out there?
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zhaawano
Feb 24, 202422 min read
Teachings from the Tree of Life: Why Bears Never Speak Backward but Some Indians Do
How the once so deep and rich structure of the Ojibwe language is hollowed out because of the textbook approach of modern grammar teachers.
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zhaawano
Feb 21, 20246 min read
Reawakening of the Medicine People, part 6: Return of the Bearwalker
Origin of the Ojibwe Makwa Bimosewin - the Bearwalker Path of the Anishinaabeg Peoples.
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