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 />
This prophecy, along with the other six, would initiate the biggest mass migration in the<br />
history of Turtle Island, or North America, and it was a miigis shell that played a crucial<br />
role in it.<br />
“While our forefathers were living on the great salt water toward the rising sun, the<br />
great Megis (miigis; sea-shell) showed itself above the surface of the great water, and<br />
the rays of the sun for a long period were reflected from its glossy back. It gave warmth<br />
and light to the An-is-in-aub-ag. All at once it sank into the deep, and for a time our<br />
ancestors were not blessed with its light. It rose to the surface and appeared again on<br />
the great river which drains the waters of the Great Lakes, and again for a long time it<br />
gave life to our forefathers, and reflected back the rays of the sun. Again it disappeared<br />
from sight and it rose not, till it appeared to the eyes of the An-is-in-aub-ag on the<br />
shores of the first great lake. Again it sank from sight, and death daily visited the<br />
wigwams of our forefathers, till it showed its back, and reflected the rays of the sun once<br />
more at Bow-e-ting (Baawiting; Sault Ste. Marie). Here it remained for a long time, but<br />
once more, and for the last time, it disappeared, and the An-ish-in-aub-ag was left in<br />
darkness and misery, till it floated and once more showed its bright back at Mo-ningwun-a-kaun-ing<br />
(La Pointe Island), where it has ever since reflected back the rays of the<br />
sun, and blessed our ancestors with life, light, and wisdom. Its rays reach the remotest<br />
village of the wide-spread Ojibways."<br />
-William W. Warren<br />
`<strong>The</strong> Great Migration`by Michael Kinoshameg; click on image to view more of his work<br />
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