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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Dorothy Whipple’s recollections, sometimes funny and sometimes emotional, offer insight to the realities of Native American Life. Chi-mewinzha is an easy read that’s both entertaining and educational for all ages."—Northern Wilds
"Dorothy’s own recollections-- sometimes amusing, sometimes poignant-- offer insight into the daily realities, both intimate and emblematic, of Native American life."—Anishinaabeg Today
"In the Ojibwe migration story, it’s said that a time would come when people would go to the elders and ask them to teach us. Dorothy Dora Whipple is one of those elders. In Chi-mewinzha, she accomplishes her mission to share and teach Ojibwemowin and the culture of the Ojibwe people."—Tribal College Journal
Table of ContentsContents
Introduction: Stories of a Leech Lake Elder
Wendy Makoons Geniusz
Editors’ Remarks
Brendan Fairbanks
Ogii-waabamaawaan Chi-ozagaskwaajimen
They Saw a Big Leech
Bagijigeyan Asemaa
When You Make a Tobacco Offering
Ziigwan, Niibin, Dagwaagin, Biboon
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter (version 1)
Ziigwan, Niibin, Dagwaagin, Biboon
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter (version 2)
Iskigamizigeng
Boiling Sap
Ji-bagijiged O-miigaazod
To Make an Offering When He Goes To War
Agoodwewin
Snaring
Gii-pi-bajiishka’ondwaa
When They Came to Give Them Shots
Gii-twaashin Mikwamiing
He Fell Through the Ice
Shut Up!
Bagida’waang Zaaga’iganiing
Fishing with a Net on a Lake
Wii-maji-doodawaad Awiiya A’aw Gookooko’oo
When the Owl Treated Someone Bad
Agoodweng Waaboozoon
Snaring a Rabbit
Manoominike-zaaga’igan
Rice Lake
Gii-maazhendam Gii-nanawizid
He Was Upset When He Was Empty Handed
Ogii-miigaadaanaawaa I’iw Waazakonenjigan Imaa Atood Miinawaa Iw Aazhogan
They Fought to Have That Stoplight and Bridge Put In
Imbiindaakoojige Imaa Asiniing
I Made an Offering There on the Rock
Makwa Ingii-pimaaji’ig
Bear Saved My Life
Notes on Orthography
Transcription Notes
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