Onigamiising: Seasons of an Ojibwe Year
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Onigamiising: Seasons of an Ojibwe Year
By (Author) Linda LeGarde Grover
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
10th October 2017
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Social and cultural history
Ethnic studies
977.00497333
Physical Properties
Paperback
200
Width 127mm, Height 203mm, Spine 25mm
Description
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 Onigamii
Reviews
"Reading Linda LeGarde Grovers inspiring essays feels like having tea with a generous Ojibwe elder, as she threads traditional teachings through family vignettes and tribal stories. In clear-eyed, compassionate prose, Grovers reflections demonstrate how Ojibwe culture and values continue to thrive despite the challenges of modern-day life. Onishishin!"Diane Wilson, executive codirector, Dream of Wild Health
"Reading these essays is like quietly listening to a thoughtful elder telling tales, spinning stories, and subtly offering wise guidance to her descendants, as well as to anyone else fortunate enough to hear."Foreword Reviews
"A finely nuanced reflection on the spiritual and the mundane, the everyday and the extraordinary, the seasons of the year and the seasons of a life."Indian Country Today
"Fascinating stuff. Perhaps the best reason to spend 200 pages with Grover, though, is her sense of humor."Star Tribune
"This book covers a lot of everyday ordinariness and a smattering of Indian history and culture. Its stories are told with a fable-like quality that readers may find appealing."The Circle
"Grovers bittersweet stories offamily andthepassage oftime aresure totugonafewheart strings andencourage careful contemplation."Riveter Magazine
Author Bio
Linda LeGarde Grovers short fiction collection The Dance Boots received the Flannery OConnor Award as well as the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize; her novel The Road Back to Sweetgrass (Minnesota, 2014) received the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers 2016 Fiction Award, and her poetry collection The Sky Watched: Poems of Ojibwe Lives received the Northeastern Minnesota Book Award and the Red Mountain Press Editors Award. She is professor of American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth and a member of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe.
