Books provide a plethora of perspectives, and it is important for people from all walks of life to have access to books about their culture, language, and way of life. This is why Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission teamed up to create a book club called “Maadagindan! Start Reading!”, which aims to increase awareness of Ojibwe culture and teach kids, and educators, about the Great Lakes. Today, we specifically focus on the Native American community, who as a result of ethnic cleansing have lost many of their cultural aspects of life. In this episode, we follow the story of a book club attendee Liz Carter, and honored guest Michael Waasegiizhig Price, while exploring Ojibwe children’s literature, the Anishinaabe language, and Indigenous reconnection to what’s been taken through colonization.

Special thanks, miigwech, to our guest:

Liz Carter, Book club participant

Michael Waasegiizhig Price, GLIFWC 

Morgan Coleman, former, Wisconsin Sea Grant, GLIFWC

Hannah Arbuckle, GLIFWC

Anne Moser, Wisconsin Sea Grant

Links:

Maadagindan! Start Reading!

Growing Up Ojibwe by GLIFWC

The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering by Gordon Regguinti

The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich

The Water Walker by Joanne Robertson

The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC)

Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

US Indian Boarding School History