Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland animals Mille Lacs elder Jim Clark

Mille Lacs elder Jim Clark once described the discourse markers as little bugs that are holding on for dear life

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and Brothertown Indians

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On the island

Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland animals Mille Lacs elder Jim ClarkZhegagoynak, also called Chicagoland, has long been an Indigenous cultural and economic hub. It is the traditional homeland of the Council of Three Fires the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa as well as the Menominee, Miami, Ho Chunk, Sac, Fox, Kickapoo, and Illinois nations. Today, Chicago has the third largest urban Indian population in the United States. Indigenous voices, however, are often absent from stories of Chicagoland. This silence is damaging.