Cover
First Voices, First Texts
Dedication
Contents
Translator's Note
Rain Dance
Gimiwanishimowin
Rubbie at Central Park
Minikweshk imaa Central Park
Indians Don’t Cry
Gaawiin Mawisiiwag Anishinaabeg
Poor J.W.
J.W.ish
Lost Friendship
Gaa-waniseg Minowiijiindiwin
The Bullfrogs Got Theirs (as now I do)
Gaa-wawiiyadiziwaad Gichi-omagakiig Gichi-omagakiig Gii-wawiiyadiziwag
On the Shooting of a Beaver
E-baashkizond Amik
How He Served
Gaa-gii-izhi-Wiidookaazod
Welcome
Minwendaagwan E-dagoshineg
Death Bird
Nibowin Bineshiinzh
The Drowning
Nisaabaawewin
I Don’t Know This October Stranger
Gaawiin Nin-gikenimaasii awe Biiwide Gaa-dagoshing Binaakwewi-giizis E-bimangizod
Just Another Bureaucrat
Bezhig eta Miinawaa Zhooniyaa-ogimaa odanokiitamaage
Second Beauty
Miinawaa Onizhishiwin
Summer Dawn on Loon Lake
E-waabang E-niibing imaa Maango-zaaga’iganiing
Folk Hero: Gerald Bannatyne
Gechi-inenimind: Gerald Bannatyne
Track Star
Netaa-bimibatood
Death Is No Stranger
Gaawiin MayagendaagozinoonNibowin
Legacy
Gaa-naganigooyang
Broken, I Knew a Man
E-bookoshkaayaan, Nin-gii-gikenimaa Inini
To: My Friend, the Painter Joshim Kakegamic
Ni-wiijiiwaagan Netaa-mazinibii’iged Joshim Kakegamic
Sunset on Portage (from the bus depot)
E-bangishimod Giizis imaa Portage Miikanaang (basing gaa-izhi-gibichiid onji)
Old Daniel
Daaniyanish
Kenora Bus Depot
Gaa-izhi-bagamibizod Bas Wazhashkonigamiing
Pine Tree
Zhooweyaandag
In-Family Tribal Warfare
Inawemaaganikaang Gaa-dazhi-miigaading
Mahkwa (bear)
Makwa
Soft and Trembling Cry
Gaa-wiisakwed Niningitaagozid Gaa-mawid
Bottles
Moodayaabikoon
Gulls
Gayaashkwag
Dirty Indian
Anishinaabewish
Picture of My Father in the Wawatay News
Gaa-mazinaakizod Nindede Dibaajimoo-mazina’iganing
Ojibway Girl
Anishinaabekwens
Think On
Naanaagadawendan Giiyaabi
For Most of Thirteen Years
Awashime Midaashi-niso-biboon
Afterword: George Kenny — Anishinaabe, Son, and Writer
References
Remembering Renate Eigenbrod