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Aki-wayn-zih : a person as worthy as the Earth / Eli Baxter ; edited by Matthew Ryan Smith.

by Baxter, Eli.

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McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021.

Ojibwe First Nation -- Biography.

First Nations -- Ontario, Northern -- Biography.

First Nations -- Ontario, Northern -- History.

First Nations -- Ontario, Northern -- Residential schools.

First Nations -- Ontario, Northern -- Social conditions.

First Nations -- Ontario, Northern -- Social life and customs.

Governor General's Award.

9780228008071 (hc.)

xii, 160 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Text in English. Includes some text in Anishinaabay with English translation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Members of Eli Baxter's generation are the last of the hunting and gathering societies living on Turtle Island. [Turtle Island is a name for Earth, or North America, used by some Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States, as well as by some Indigenous rights activists. The name is based on a common North American Indigenous creation story. (Wikipedia)] They are also among the last fluent speakers of the Anishinaabay language known as Anishinaabaymowin. 'Aki-wayn-zih' is a story about the land and its spiritual relationship with the Anishinaabayg, from the beginning of their life on Miss-koh-tay-sih Minis (Turtle Island) to the present day. Baxter writes about Anishinaabay life before European contact, his childhood memories of trapping, hunting, and fishing with his family on traditional lands in Treaty 9 territory, and his personal experience surviving the residential school system. Examining how Anishinaabay Kih-kayn-daa-soh-win (knowledge) is an elemental concept embedded in the Anishinaabay language, 'Aki-wayn-zih' explores history, science, math, education, philosophy, law, and spiritual teachings, outlining the cultural significance of language to Anishinaabay identity. Recounting traditional Ojibway legends in their original language, fables in which moral virtues double as survival techniques, and detailed guidelines for expertly trapping or ensnaring animals, Baxter reveals how the residential school system shaped him as an individual, transformed his family, and forever disrupted his reserve community and those like it. Through spiritual teachings, historical accounts, and autobiographical anecdotes, 'Aki-wayn-zih' offers a new form of storytelling from the Anishinaabay point of view."--From publisher.

Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Non-fiction (English), 2022.

Smith, Matthew Ryan, 1983-

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