Bkejwanong Dbaajmowinan: Stories of Where the Waters Divide raven Originally published in a small-press

Originally published in a small-press edition

a boarding school survivor

"—Winds of Change

This Dakota-English dictionary was sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society when it was first published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1852

who moved to the big city of Minneapolis

Bkejwanong Dbaajmowinan: Stories of Where the Waters Divide raven Originally published in a small-pressBkejwanong means where the waters part, but the waters of St. Clair River are not a point of separation. The same waters that sustain life on and around Bkejwanongformerly known as Walpole Island, Ontarioflow down into Chippewas of the Thames, the community to which author Monty McGahey II belongs. While there are no living fluent speakers of Anishinaabemowin in this community, McGahey has fostered relationships with fluent speakers from nearby