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Jan
12
BOOK TALK | Eli Baxter - Aki-wayn-zih
Wednesday, January 12th, 20227:00 -8:30 pm ET
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| Zoom links and passwords will be sent to registered participants the day before the program. |
https://catalogue.londonpubliclibrary.ca/record=g1008319&searchscope=0&SORT2=R
Reclaiming Traditional Knowledge, Reconnecting with Ourselves
Hosted by the London Public Library
Local author and knowledge keeper Eli Baxter shares teachings and stories based on his early life, his experiences as a residential school survivor, and the importance of language as a fluent Ojibway speaker. Baxter is the author of the new book Aki-wayn-zih: A Person as Worthy as the Earth.
Anishinaabay Knowledge: Language, Laws, and Worldview. Eli will discuss the importance of language to Anishinaabay identity through stories and teachings. His guest will be filmmaker Sally Kewayosh.
ABOUT THE BOOK
One man’s story of growing up in the hunting and gathering society of the Ojibways and surviving the residential school system, woven together with traditional legends in their original language.
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