Meskwananiisi: Red Tail Hawk
This past summer on my way home from Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag (Leech Lake), I saw a chi bineshiinh (large bird) that had been hit and aapijinazh (killed) by...
Sam Zimmerman
Giiwedino-Manidoog: Spirits of the North
On my first day in Voyageur National Park, while sailing on the water, I was struck by the richness of the earth and the life,...
Wintermaker and the Lynx
Biboonikeonini and the Bizhiw Last biboon (winter) I saw what I thought were ma’iingan (wolf) tracks in the goon (snow). After taking a picture and...
Friends Gather Together
Niwiijiwaaganag Maamawi This past November, my niijikwe (female friend) and I maamawinige (gathered) with her family for a minwanjigewin (to eat something that tastes good and...
Jidmoonh (Chipmunk)
With the agoon (snow), I realized that my favorite backyard buddies will be gone until the ziigwan (spring). All ziigwan (spring) and niibin (summer), these adorable mii (little) manidog (spirits) stayed with me in the yard, ganawaabange (watching me),...
Nigig Mookise: Morning Otter
This past niibin (summer) when I was working on a mural in the Voyageur National Park, I found a nigig (otter) that had been hit by a car....
Giiwekiiwin: Returning Home
Niiyo-gikinoonowin (four years) ago, my niiji (friend) and I headed to Alaska for my birthday; it was a trip I had bawaazh (dreamed) about for years. We met amazingly miikawaadenim (beautiful) people....
The Way a Grandmother Holds Us
Ezhi-dakonaawasod gookomis This newest piece celebrates my nookomis (grandmother). I told my indede (dad) recently that I wasn’t sure if I baawaajige (dreamt) about my nookomis (grandmother) or if she visited me. I’ve...
