Aki-wayn-zih : a person as worthy as the Earth / Eli Baxter ; edited by Matthew Ryan Smith.
Author/creator |
Baxter, Eli author. |
Other author/creator | Smith, Matthew Ryan, 1983- editor. |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021] |
Copyright Notice | ©2021 |
Description | xii, 160 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm. |
Subject(s) |
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Series | McGill-Queen's Indigenous and northern studies ; 102 McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 102. ^A445943 |
Contents | Prologue -- Part One: Anishinaabay Kih-kayn-daa-soh-win (Anishinaabay Knowledge) -- Part Two: Ish-poh-kin-nih-goh-yung (Before contact) -- Part Three: Residential school -- Epilogue. |
Abstract | "Members of Eli Baxter's generation are the last of the hunting and gathering societies living on Turtle Island. 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."-- Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Other forms | Issued also in electronic formats. |
Language | Text in English. Includes some text in Anishinaabay with English translation. |
Issued in other form | Online version: Baxter, Eli. Aki-wayn-zih. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021 0228009227 9780228009221 |
Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
Genre/form | Biographies. |
Genre/form | History. |
Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
Genre/form | Autobiographies. |
ISBN | 0228008077 (hardcover) |
ISBN | 9780228008071 (hardcover) |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | General Stacks | E99 .C6 B39 2021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |