Living Our Language_ Ojibwe Tales & Oral Histories - Anton Treuer [0]
Native peoples telling their stories, writing their history
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Living Our Language: Ojibwe Tales and Oral Histories
Anton Treuer, editor
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Peter Razor
Living Our
Language
Ojibwe Tales & Oral Histories
Edited by
ANTON TREUER
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS
Native Voices
Native peoples telling their stories, writing their history
To embody the principles set forth by the series, all Native Voices books are emblazoned with a bird glyph adapted from the Jeffers Petroglyph site in southern Minnesota. The rock art there represents one of the first recorded voices of Native Americans in the Upper Midwest. This symbol stands as a reminder of the enduring presence of Native Voices on the American landscape.
Publication of Native Voices is supported in part by a grant from The St. Paul Companies.
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International Standard Book Number
0-87351-403-3 (cloth)
0-87351-404-1 (paper)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Living our Language : Ojibwe tales and oral histories / edited by Anton Treuer.
p. cm. — (Native voices)
ISBN 0-87351-403-3 (cloth : alk. paper) —
ISBN 0-87351-404-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-87351-680-8
1. Ojibwa Indians—History.
2. Ojibwa Indians—Folklore.
3. Ojibwa Indians—Social life and customs.
4. Ojibwa language—Texts.
I. Treuer, Anton.
II. Series.
E99.C6 L535 2001
977′.004973—dc21
00-067562
Picture credits
Archie Mosay (1991) and Anton Treuer (2000), photos © Greg Gent; Jim Clark (2001) and Melvin Eagle (2001), photos by Anton Treuer; Joe Auginaush (1974), photo courtesy of Gertrude Auginaush; Collins Oakgrove (1996), photo by Minnie Oakgrove; Emma Fisher (1992), Scott Headbird (1992), and Porky White (2000), photos by Aaron Fairbanks; Susan Jackson (2000), photo by Beth Collins, courtesy of Leech Lake Heritage Sites; Hartley White (1985), photo by Terri LaDuke, courtesy of Di-Bah-Ji-Mon Newspaper
Living Our Language
Map
Introduction:
We’re Not Losing Our Language
Inaandagokaag
Balsam Lake (St. Croix)
ARCHIE MOSAY
Gaa-tazhi-ondaadiziyaang
Where We Were Born
Mii Gaa-pi-izhichigewaad Mewinzha
What They Did Long Ago
Wenabozho Gaa-Kiishkigwebinaad Zhiishiiban
When Wenabozho Decapitated the Ducks
Wayeshkad Gaa-waabamag Aadamoobii
The First Time I Saw an Automobile
Nitamising Gaa-waabamag Makadewiiyaas
The First Time I Saw a Black Man
Nandawaaboozwe Makadewiiyaas
The Makadewiiyaas Goes Rabbit Hunting
Waabooz Gaa-piindashkwaanind
The Stuffed Rabbit
Gaa-amwaawaad Animoonsan
When They Ate Puppies
Gaa-pazhiba’wid Niijanishinaabe
When I Was Stabbed by My Fellow Indian
Apane Anishinaabe Ogaganoonaan Manidoon
The Indian Always Talks to the Spirit
Mii Sa Iw
That’s It
Misi-zaaga’igan
Mille Lacs
JIM CLARK
Dibaakonigewinini Miinawaa Anishinaabe
The Judge and the Indian
Mawinzowin
Berry Picking
Ayaabadak Ishkode
The Use of Fire
Inday
My Horse
Gibaakwa’igan Dazhi-anishinaabeg
The Dam Indians
Baa Baa Makade-maanishtaanish
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Gaazhagens Miinawaa Naazhaabii’igan
The Cat and the Fiddle
Jiigbiig Nenaandago-ziibiing
On the Bank of the Tamarack River
Ikwabin
Sit Elsewhere
Gidinwewininaan
Our Language
Mawadishiwewin