Things I keep thinking about.
This story came from the Google Drive of the Nimkii Aazhibikong Collective The old people will tell you that giizhik and giizhig—the cedar tree and the sky—carry the same sound on the tongue for a reason. There was a time when the trees didn’t stop at the canopy. They stretched clean up into the blue, […]
A Story About the Young People Who Were Always Told to Wait A long time ago, in a small Anishinaabe community beside the water, the people gathered around a great fire whenever important decisions needed to be made. It was not an ordinary fire. This was the fire where the community came together to speak […]
I’ve had my character attacked, my heritage questioned, my writing mocked, and yes, it fucking hurts. I cry. I’m human. But then I remember the message given to me: “I didn’t build you like the others. You have work to do.” And here I was thinking Creator was talking about my big stature, my nonverbals […]
