Onigamiising: Seasons Of An Ojibwe Year
by Linda LeGarde Grover /
2017 / English / PDF
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Long before it came to be known as Duluth, the land at the
western tip of Lake Superior was known to the Ojibwe as
Onigamiising, “the place of the small portage.” There the
Ojibwe lived in keeping with the seasons, moving among
different camps for hunting and fishing, for cultivating and
gathering, for harvesting wild rice and maple sugar. In
Long before it came to be known as Duluth, the land at the
western tip of Lake Superior was known to the Ojibwe as
Onigamiising, “the place of the small portage.” There the
Ojibwe lived in keeping with the seasons, moving among
different camps for hunting and fishing, for cultivating and
gathering, for harvesting wild rice and maple sugar. InOnigamiising
Onigamiising Linda LeGarde Grover accompanies us through
this cycle of the seasons, one year in a lifelong journey on
the path to Mino Bimaadiziwin, the living of a good life.
Linda LeGarde Grover accompanies us through
this cycle of the seasons, one year in a lifelong journey on
the path to Mino Bimaadiziwin, the living of a good life.
In fifty short essays, Grover reflects on the spiritual beliefs
and everyday practices that carry the Ojibwe through the year
and connect them to this northern land of rugged splendor. As
the four seasons unfold—from Ziigwan (Spring) through Niibin
and Dagwaagin to the silent, snowy promise of Biboon—the
award-winning author writes eloquently of the landscape and the
weather, work and play, ceremony and tradition and family ways,
from the homey moments shared over meals to the celebrations
that mark life’s great events. Now a grandmother, a Nokomis,
beginning the fourth season of her life, Grover draws on a
wealth of stories and knowledge accumulated over the years to
evoke the Ojibwe experience of Onigamiising, past and present,
for all time.
In fifty short essays, Grover reflects on the spiritual beliefs
and everyday practices that carry the Ojibwe through the year
and connect them to this northern land of rugged splendor. As
the four seasons unfold—from Ziigwan (Spring) through Niibin
and Dagwaagin to the silent, snowy promise of Biboon—the
award-winning author writes eloquently of the landscape and the
weather, work and play, ceremony and tradition and family ways,
from the homey moments shared over meals to the celebrations
that mark life’s great events. Now a grandmother, a Nokomis,
beginning the fourth season of her life, Grover draws on a
wealth of stories and knowledge accumulated over the years to
evoke the Ojibwe experience of Onigamiising, past and present,
for all time.
