Gichigami Hearts: Stories and Histories from Misaabekong

Gichigami Hearts: Stories and Histories from MisaabekongAward winning author Linda LeGarde Grover interweaves family and Ojibwe history with stories from Misaabekong (the place of the giants) on Lake Superior. Long before there was a Duluth, Minnesota, the massive outcropping that divides the city emerged from the ridge of gabbro rock running along the westward shore of Lake Superior. A great westward migration carried the Ojibwe people to this place, the Point of Rocks. Against this backdrop Misaabekong,

Gregory Scofield is the exception

A grandmother’s sudden departure leaves her family with an even more puzzling

stories that have been passed down through generations

along with directions for a range of uses

modern environmentalists must look to the history of Indigenous resistance for wisdom and inspiration in our common fight for a just and sustainable future

and Yakima Ichishkíin

and Luccia Bonacci

and dreaming of the day when the salmon return to the river — a sign that it’s almost time to return home

On Indian medicines she tells the basic methods of gathering plants and the basic surgical and medical methods

" poet dg nanouk okpik seamlessly melds both traditional and contemporary narrative

Based upon extensive use of government archives

and plants in the useful and decorative arts including uses for household items