Centering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories gender studies / Woecon kin de unyakupi

/ Woecon kin de unyakupi do / We accept this responsibility you gave us

David Grey Cloud

among others

Cedar Sigo

Too often ignored or underemphasized in favor of their male warrior counterparts

Centering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories gender studies / Woecon kin de unyakupiFor the Anishinaabeg people, who span a vast geographic region from the Great Lakes to the Plains and beyond, stories are vessels of knowledge. They are bagijiganan, offerings of the possibilities within Anishinaabeg life. Existing along a broad narrative spectrum, from aadizookaanag (traditional or sacred narratives) to dibaajimowinan (histories and news)as well as everything in betweenstorytelling is one of the central practices and methods of