Cover
Contents
List of lllustrations
List of Tables
Foreword by Waubgeshig Rice
A Note on the Text
Introduction
Ngii-zaagidimin—We So Loved Each Other
Chapter 1. Stories as a Means of Understanding Life
Thirty Thousand Islands
Chapter 2. Indigenous Life and Community in Georgian Bay
Nimkiik—The Thunders
Chapter 3. Wind, Rock, and Water: Mapts and Names at Wasauksing and Shawanaga
Nishnaabemwin— Language of the People and the Land
Chapter 4. Language, Culture, and Story
Gchi-Ngig—The Giant Otter
Chapter 5. Learning from Stories
Enawendiying—We Are All Related
Chapter 6. Family
Tkwaans—The Dead Branch
Chapter 7. An Indian at War
Enendaagwak Bmaadziwin— What Is Expected of Life
Chapter 8. Community Life
Ndedem Gaa-Giiwed—When My Father Went Home
Chapter 9. The Fourth Day
Gchi-Mishoomisaatig—Grandfather Tree
Epilogue
Mnidoo—The Spirit
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
Index