Journal

Things I keep thinking about.

Giizhik miinawaa Giizhig—The Cedar Tree and the Sky

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, […]

The Fire That Was Missing a Voice

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 […]