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OSHKAABEWIS NATIVE JOURNAL - Bemidji State University

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16 BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY<br />

GAA-DANAPININIDING<br />

GAA-TIBAAJIMOD VERNON WHITEFEATHER *<br />

GAA-ANISHINAABEWISIDOOD DAVID TREUER **<br />

[1] Gaye niin sa gonaa bangii inga-dibaajim owe minik<br />

gekendamaan omaa gaa-nakadamawid aya’aa gaa-niiged<br />

nibabaayiban. Zhaawanigaabaw gii-izhinikaazo. Aanish naa gaye<br />

niin ingii-gagiibaadiz gaye niin gii-gwiiwizensiwiyaan. Ingiizhazhiibitam.<br />

Gaawiin apane go weweni ingii-pizindawaasii gaaizhi-gagiikimid.<br />

[2] Miish o’ow bezhig aya’aa gaa-wiindamawid o’ow gewiindamageyaan<br />

omaa. Gii-dagoshinowaad ongow bwaanag, omaa<br />

gii-mawine’igewaad, gii-mawina’aawaad iniwen anishinaaben.<br />

Aanish naa ayi’ii iidog aabiding imaa giinakweshkodaadiwaagwen<br />

omaa ziibiing, Gaa-danapininidiwining<br />

ezhinikaademagak.<br />

[3] Mii dash iidog gaa-izhi-miigaadiwaagwen gii-mawine’idiwaad<br />

gii-mamiskwiiwanaakanadiwaagwen iidog. Mii dash iidog gaaapiichi-mamiskwiiwaapinidiwaagwen<br />

o’ow gii-tazhiikodaadiwaad<br />

imaa ziibiinsing.<br />

*<br />

V ERNON W HITEFEATHER A WIDELY RESPECTED ELDER AND<br />

O JIBWE LANGUAGE TEACHER FROM P ONEMAH ON THE R ED L AKE<br />

R ESERVATION.<br />

**<br />

D AVID T REUER IS P ROFESSOR OF E NGLISH AT THE U NIVERSITY<br />

OF S OUTHERN C ALIFORNIA.<br />

O SHKAABEWIS N ATIVE J OURNAL V OL. 8 / NO. 1 S PRING 2011

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