The Traditional Anishinaabe World View.pdf
Illustrated glossary offering a cross section of the traditional worldview of the Ojibwe Anishinaabeg, who for the past 1000 years or more inhabit Gaa-zaaga'ekanikaag, the Land of Many Lakes ( the North American Great Lakes area).
Illustrated glossary offering a cross section of the traditional worldview of the Ojibwe Anishinaabeg, who for the past 1000 years or more inhabit Gaa-zaaga'ekanikaag, the Land of Many Lakes ( the North American Great Lakes area).
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<strong>The</strong> Universe of <strong>The</strong> Ojibwe <strong>Anishinaabe</strong>g by Zhaawano Giizhik - 2014<br />
ZHIISHIIB: the wild duck. <strong>The</strong> Gichigami <strong>Anishinaabe</strong>g (Great Lakes Ojibweg) regard<br />
zhiishiibag and other waterfowl - particularly the manidoominikeshii or snipe - as<br />
special messengers, a sure sign of ripe manoomin (wild rice). By a wise provision of<br />
nature the seed of manoomin is carried by ducks and wading birds that get hunted<br />
during manoominike-giizis, the rice-making moon (August/September). This is why the<br />
<strong>Anishinaabe</strong>g gave both wild rice and duck an honored place in their culture. See also:<br />
MANOOMIN (page 79).<br />
“Duck” by Odaawaa <strong>Anishinaabe</strong> Medicine painter Iwan Shawana (1881)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Universe of <strong>The</strong> Ojibwe <strong>Anishinaabe</strong>g by Zhaawano Giizhik - 2014<br />
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