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 unfoldfrom Ziigwan (Spring) through Niibin and Dagwaagin to the silent, snowy promise of Biboonthe 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 unfoldfrom Ziigwan (Spring) through Niibin and Dagwaagin to the silent, snowy promise of Biboonthe 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.
Onigamiising: Seasons of an Ojibwe Year
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781517903442 |
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Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press |
Publication date: | 10/10/2017 |
Edition description: | 3rd ed. |
Pages: | 200 |
Sales rank: | 1,014,404 |
Product dimensions: | 5.00(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d) |