OSHKAABEWIS NATIVE JOURNAL - Bemidji State University
OSHKAABEWIS NATIVE JOURNAL - Bemidji State University
OSHKAABEWIS NATIVE JOURNAL - Bemidji State University
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14 BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY<br />
MA’IINGAN<br />
GAA-TIBAAJIMOD GEORGE FAIRBANKS *<br />
GAA-ANISHINAABEWISIDOOD ANTON TREUER<br />
[1] Aaniin. Mashkawaa-binesi nindizhinikaaz. Gaawaababiganikaag<br />
ozhinaagan nindoonjibaa. Mii i’iw<br />
ezhichigeyaang omaa—nimanoozike gaye—ezhichigeyaang. Imaa<br />
gaye a’aw ma’iingan—gii-minwenimaawan miinawaa<br />
ezhichigeyaang. Gaye miinawaa gidaa-booni’aag gakina ingiw<br />
ma’iinganag. Niinawind omaa anishinaabewin, minwenimaawi<br />
wa’aw ma’iingan. Abinoojiinyag apane niwiindamawaag gaye<br />
wiinawaa, “Booni’ a’aw ma’iingan. Mii a’aw gidoodem. Booni’<br />
Maanoo da-babaa-ayaa omaa.” Mii o’ow gagwejiminaan gaye<br />
miinawaa omaa. Booni’ a’aw ma’iingan, ma’iinganag omaa.<br />
Miigwech.<br />
* G EORGE “JOE B USH” F AIRBANKS WAS A WIDELY RESPECTED<br />
ELDER FROM W HITE E ARTH. T HIS TEXT WAS HIS FORMAL<br />
TESTIMONY TO THE U.S. D EPARTMENT OF THE I NTERIOR IN<br />
OPPOSITION TO THE DELISTING OF THE WOLF FROM THE<br />
E NDANGERED S PECIES A CT.<br />
O SHKAABEWIS N ATIVE J OURNAL V OL. 8 / NO. 1 S PRING 2011