Centering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories gender studies Cedar Sigo

Cedar Sigo

38 page introduction to the language and life ways of the Ojibwe people

/ Woecon kin de unyakupi do / We accept this responsibility you gave us

and an apparently unflappable demeanor

Centering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories gender studies Cedar SigoFor the Anishinaabeg people, who span a vast geographic region from the Great Lakes to the Plains and beyond, stories are vessels of knowledge. They are bagijiganan, offerings of the possibilities within Anishinaabeg life. Existing along a broad narrative spectrum, from aadizookaanag (traditional or sacred narratives) to dibaajimowinan (histories and news)as well as everything in betweenstorytelling is one of the central practices and methods of