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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

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