Aki-wayn-zih : a person as worthy as the Earth /

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 An...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Baxter, Eli (Author)
Other Authors:	Smith, Matthew Ryan, 1983- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English Ojibwa
Language Notes:	Text in English ; includes some text in Anishinaabay with English translation.
Published:	Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021].
Series:	McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 102.
Subjects:	Baxter, Eli. Indigenous peoples > Ontario, Northern > Social life and customs. Indigenous peoples > Ontario, Northern > History. Indigenous peoples > Ontario, Northern > Social conditions. Indigenous peoples > Ontario, Northern > Biography. Off-reservation boarding schools > Ontario, Northern. Ojibwa Indians > Ontario, Northern > Social life and customs. Ojibwa Indians > Ontario, Northern > Biography. Ojibwa Indians > Ontario, Northern > History.

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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.
Physical Description:	xii, 160 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0228008077 9780228008071