Aki-wayn-zih : a person as worthy as the Earth / Eli Baxter ; edited by Matthew Ryan Smith. [electronic resource]

By:

Baxter, Eli [Author]

Contributor(s):

Smith, Matthew Ryan, 1983- []

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English, Ojibwa Original language: Ojibwa Series: McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 102.Publication details: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2021.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780228009238
0228009235
9780228009221
0228009227

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

E99.6

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Contents:

Cover -- Aki-wayn-zih -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Prologue -- PART ONE Anishinaabay Kih-kayn-daa-soh-win (Anishinaabay Knowledge) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 O-way nih-ta-tih-bah-chi-moh-win-naan (Our story) -- 3 Pih-mah-tis-sih-win (The stages of life) -- 4 Nih-taa-wih-gih-win noo-pih-meeng (Born in the bush) -- PART TWO Ish-poh too-kin-nih-goh-yung (Before contact) -- 5 An-dah-way-jih-gay-win pih-maa-tis-sih-win (Hunting and gathering society) -- 6 Kih-chi Zii-bii (Albany River) -- 7 Nin-gee-pah-maa-zha-gay-min (We walk along the shore)

8 Zhoo-kih-pohn (It begins to snow) -- 9 Paa-tih-goh-seeng (Spring camp) -- 10 Moonz-oog (Moose) -- 11 Shaa-gun-naa-shee-shug (People who don't tell the truth) -- 12 Geen-na-wind kih-bih-gee-way-min (We return home) -- 13 Nee-bin (Summer) -- PART THREE Residential school -- 14 Mee-na-waa giga-waabamin (I'll see you again) -- 15 Queen Elizabeth mah-mung-gih-zit (Queen Elizabeth big feet) -- 16 O-daa-min-noh-taa (Let's play) -- 17 Elvis Kih-chi Zii-bii (Elvis of Albany River) -- 18 Nin-gee shoosh-kwa-tay-min (We skated) -- 19 Osh-kih-zaa-gee-win (Young love) -- 20 Nih-gee-way (I'm going home)

Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author

Summary: "Members of Eli Baxter's generation are the last of the hunting and gathering societies living on Turtle Island. They are also among the last fluent speakers of the Anishinaabay language known as Anishinaabaymowin. Aki-wayn-zih is a story about the land and its spiritual relationship with the Anishinaabayg, from the beginning of their life on Miss-koh-tay-sih Minis (Turtle Island) to the present day. Baxter writes about Anishinaabay life before European contact, his childhood memories of trapping, hunting, and fishing with his family on traditional lands in Treaty 9 territory, and his personal experience surviving the residential school system. Examining how Anishinaabay Kih-kayn-daa-soh-win (knowledge) is an elemental concept embedded in the Anishinaabay language, Aki-wayn-zih explores history, science, math, education, philosophy, law, and spiritual teachings, outlining the cultural significance of language to Anishinaabay identity. Recounting traditional Ojibway legends in their original language, fables in which moral virtues double as survival techniques, and detailed guidelines for expertly trapping or ensnaring animals, Baxter reveals how the residential school system shaped him as an individual, transformed his family, and forever disrupted his reserve community and those like it. Through spiritual teachings, historical accounts, and autobiographical anecdotes, Aki-wayn-zih offers a new form of storytelling from the Anishinaabay point of view."--

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Includes bibliographies and index.

"Members of Eli Baxter's generation are the last of the hunting and gathering societies living on Turtle Island. They are also among the last fluent speakers of the Anishinaabay language known as Anishinaabaymowin. Aki-wayn-zih is a story about the land and its spiritual relationship with the Anishinaabayg, from the beginning of their life on Miss-koh-tay-sih Minis (Turtle Island) to the present day. Baxter writes about Anishinaabay life before European contact, his childhood memories of trapping, hunting, and fishing with his family on traditional lands in Treaty 9 territory, and his personal experience surviving the residential school system. Examining how Anishinaabay Kih-kayn-daa-soh-win (knowledge) is an elemental concept embedded in the Anishinaabay language, Aki-wayn-zih explores history, science, math, education, philosophy, law, and spiritual teachings, outlining the cultural significance of language to Anishinaabay identity. Recounting traditional Ojibway legends in their original language, fables in which moral virtues double as survival techniques, and detailed guidelines for expertly trapping or ensnaring animals, Baxter reveals how the residential school system shaped him as an individual, transformed his family, and forever disrupted his reserve community and those like it. Through spiritual teachings, historical accounts, and autobiographical anecdotes, Aki-wayn-zih offers a new form of storytelling from the Anishinaabay point of view."--