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National American Indian

Cultural Mentoring "Healing the Void, Part Two: Making Life’s Transitions”

Cultural Mentoring "Healing the Void, Part Two: Making Life’s Transitions”Paul Raphael, former Tribal Peace Maker, along with...
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Quest for Georgia's Native Americans | Part 1: Savannah, GA

Around 900 AD, Native Americans in Georgia began the construction of a series of towns that consisted of enormous earthen pyramids. The largest of...
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The Week Ahead: Native American events Apr. 16-Apr. 21 in northern Michigan

  • NMC concert
  • April 16, 2012
Native American events Apr. 16-Apr. 21 in northern Michigan include an NMC fund-raising concert for the Elders of Pine Ridge and two...
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Part Three: Boiling sap into syrup; Maple syrup the Odawa way

Now, the sap has been gathered and the hardwood chopped and stacked. The time has come to boil maple sap into maple syrup.In the sugar shack, I had...
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Part Two: Gathering sap; Maple syrup the Odawa way

  • Maple syrup making
  • March 10, 2012
A good fire (ishkode) is burning under the pot in the Sugar Shack. It is time to gather more sap. Grabbing empty five-gallon buckets (akik),...
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Part One: Spring sap is running; Maple syrup the Odawa way

  • Maple syrup making
  • February 25, 2012
There is time in late winter when the glint of sunlight lingers just a bit longer. The grip of winter’s deep freeze gives way to moments of...
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Native American events from Feb. 5-Feb. 12 in northern Michigan

  • Peshawbestown
  • February 9, 2012
Native American events Feb. 5-Feb. 12 in northern Michigan include storytelling by Niigonakwat (Elder Tom Peters) and two Anishinaabemowin (Odawa...
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Robert Mirabal brings his pueblo music to a woodlands community

  • Robert Mirabal
  • January 28, 2012
Robert Mirabaltexted me: “Im in travel hell i will call tomorrow...‏” but the callback was unnecessary. When the three-time Grammy...
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Isadore Bebamikawe-Toulouse and his 30 year commitment to Anishinaabemowin

  • Isadore Toulouse
  • January 15, 2012
In trying to describe the word "commitment," I once heard a hockey coach explain it this way: "When you eat breakfast, the chicken...
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The Seven Grandfather's Teachings

  • The Seven Grandfather's Teachings
  • December 15, 2011
The Seven Grandfather's Teachings are the traditional Odawa-Ojibwe-Potawatomi (Anishinaabe) code of conduct:Honesty (Gwekwaadiziwin)Truth ...
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