(Episode 12) In this episode we cast a light on the forced removal of the Dakota and Winnebago people from Minnesota in the spring of 1863.
On this episode of Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa we listen to Obizaan [Lee Staples], a spiritual advisor for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, and Chato Gonzalez, Obizaan’s apprentice and translator. In this two-episode series, Obizaan talks about what he calls the three different “camps” in Ojibwe culture: the “traditional” camp, the “lost spirit” camp, and the “hang around the fort” camp.
In this first episode (of two), they describe the differences between the three camps and then discuss the “traditional” camp in greater detail. In next episode, they will go into greater detail about the “lost spirit” camp, and the “hang around the fort” camp.
Retired educator, Lorie Yourd, shares her insightful, reflective poem “After Hearing About the Rain.”
