We don’t live in two worlds. We live in one world. We don’t have to code-switch to make it out there. We don’t have to maintain a dual consciousness. People from other cultures don’t have to sacrifice theirs to enter our world, and natives don’t have to sacrifice their cultures to navigate the modern world. We can be exactly who we are—exactly who the creator wanted us to be—and thrive. —Anton Treuer, The Cultural Toolbox: Traditional Ojibwe Living in the Modern World
Read More“It is not enough to just navigate systems but to work to change those systems to render them more equitable. The more we act in alignment with our spiritual values and principles, and the more that we act not just with performative humility and performative niceness, but with genuine kindness and a genuine desire to serve others, the greater the good we will be able to accomplish.” —Anton Treuer
Read More“I think something that sometimes gets lost in our conversations about historical trauma and loss is that it's not just the bad stuff that gets passed forward,” he said. “The good stuff gets passed forward too. We are not just the inheritors of historical trauma, we are also the inheritors of historical resiliency.” —Anton Treuer
Read MoreConnection and culture live inside of us. Having a rich cultural life is not just about looking out and looking for; it is about looking within. We can do that where ever we live. The awakening is healing and empowering. —Anton Treuer, The Cultural Toolbox: Traditional Ojibwe Living in the Modern World
Read MoreIndebweyendaan gaa-miinigoowiziyang.
Read MoreA collaborative effort between the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe - @mlbononremovable and the @minnesotahistoricalsociety/Minnesota Historical Society Press has resulted in the release of five books in the Ojibwe language. It’s all part of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe - Aanjibimaadizing Project where sixteen first speakers teamed with linguists, teachers, and Ojibwe language experts to create the books. Along with the books, the Aanjibimaadizing Project is developing a @rosettastone Ojibwe language learning program.
Read MoreShirley Boyd, a member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, is a fluent Ojibwe speaker. She participated in the band’s project with Rosetta Stone to create a learning program to help teach the Ojibwe language to future generations.
Read More“Indians. We are so often imagined and so infrequently understood.” —Anton Treuer
Read More“Indians. We are so often imagined and so infrequently well understood.” —Anton Treuer
Read MoreOf course, within Indigenous communities, we have a diversity of opinions—and emotionally charged opinions—on a whole range of topics, and we don’t all think the same way, act the same way, vote the same way.
Read More“Indigenous people have a lot to teach the rest of the world. And we live in and protect a lot of the world’s most sensitive ecosystems. I’m also looking forward to working with some of the brightest minds on the planet on one of the most important endeavors of our time.” —Anton Treuer
Read More“Indians. We are so often imagined and so infrequently well understood.” —Anton Treuer
Read More“Indians. We Are so often imagined and so infrequently well understood.” —Anton Treuer
Read More“Indians. We are so often imagined and so infrequently well understood.” —Anton Treuer
Read More“We are ancient and modern.” —Anton Treuer
Read More“Indians. We are so often imagined and so infrequently well understood,” —Anton Treuer
Read MoreI was not just another Indian. No Indian really is.
Because we are so often imagined and so infrequently well understood.
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