Record details

• ISBN: 9781517903442
• ISBN: 1517903440
• Physical Description: xiii, 201 pages ; 21 cm
• Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Ziigwan, spring. Spring is finally upon us -- When the sky sings -- Minikwe niibish, the leaf we drink -- Onishishin: it's all pretty, it's all good -- Curtains, calico, and creative living -- A wedding shower and a four-year-old girl -- Sewing Ojibwe ribbon skirts in onigamiising -- The Ojibwe word for moccasin is -- Reservations, homelands, and extended family ties -- To catch a baby's dream -- "What's a hanky for?" -- Our heart and future -- Summer is coming to onigamiising -- Niibin, summer. Chickens, eggs, and stories -- The summer of our favorite toy -- Weeds and wildflowers -- Terry and Rachel enter the landscape of Nanaboozhoo -- The stone tomahawk -- An impromptu reunion -- Shii-waaboo -- Life lessons from my Dad and Jim Thorpe -- Buckskin ladies, ribbon dress girls -- Aniin miinik ish tiktik? Berry time! -- The girl cousins throw a party -- Tea with scones and stories -- The gift that grows out of the water -- When we cook manoomin -- Ready for dinner -- Dagwaagin, fall. Old traditions for a new school year -- The mystery of Indian corn -- To speak Ojibwemowin -- Going out to eat -- How much of an Indian are you? -- We honor Native veterans -- When grandmother went to school -- Falling to Thanksgiving -- Cradleboards and portable babies -- Memory, creative living, and fun crocheting from rags -- Migwechiwendam: to think thankfully -- Biboon, winter. Nanaboozhoo and Nokomis -- Coal, clinkers, and staying warm -- Trying to make lugalette like my grandmother -- Snow shoveling, chocolate, and a pretty kitchen -- Storytelling seasons -- A soldier on leave -- Cold feet and new beginnings -- A rabbit skin baby blanket -- The gift and privilege of parenting -- A cousin gets in touch with a cousin -- Henry meets Santa Claus -- Toot-cair -- Memories rose like fabric-scented steam -- Cheeseburgers for breakfast -- The exiles -- The elders of winter and the youth of spring.

Awards Note:

NEMBA (Northeastern Minnesota Book Award) Winner, 2017 - Memoir.

Minnesota Book Award for Memoir & Creative Nonfiction, 2018.

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