Centering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories arts Highway 18 between Mission and

Highway 18 between Mission and Okreek

or simply citing hopes for the future

the Mille Lacs Indian Museum in Minnesota

and the beauty and despair woven into the history of a nation and its people

Families clashed repeatedly with school officials over rampant illnesses and deplorable living conditions and devised strategies to circumvent severely limiting visitation rules

Centering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories arts Highway 18 between Mission andFor 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