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Join Eli Baxter for a talk about the Anishinaabay language, culture, teachings, and identity.
Hosted by Lakehead University's Office of Indigenous Initiatives
https://www.lakeheadu.ca/indigenous/events/event-archive/2021/node/68094
Register in advance for this event:
https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElc--hqTsqHdd1V4DiPxhSWVdXNZWSMrnQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event. EVERYONE WELCOME!
Eli Baxter is a fluent Ojibway speaker, a survivor of the residentialschool system, a knowledge keeper, and a certified Ontarioteacher who is married and has two grown children.
ABOUT THE BOOK
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.