Bawaajimo: A Dialect of Dreams in Anishinaabe Language and Literature

Contents

CONTENTS Contents xi N’digo: Preface xiii N’miigwechwiwaag: Acknowledgments xv Ziibaaskobiige: To Set a Written Net 1 Chapter 1. Anishinaabemowin: The Anishinaabe Language 19 chapter 2. Anishinaabebiige: Anishinaabe Literature 39 chapter 3. Gikenmaadizo miinwaa Gikenmaa’aan: Patterns of Identity in the Writing of Louise Erdrich 79 chapter 4. Zhaabwii’endam: Conscious Survival in the Writing of Jim Northrup 111 chapter 5. Giizhigomaadiziwin: Universal Life in the Writing of Basil Johnston 147 chapter 6. Waninawendamowinan: Stirred Thoughts in the Writing of Gerald Vizenor 181 chapter 7. Ziiginibiige: Poured Writing 187 Maziniaganan Gii Gindanaanan: Works Cited 207 Nanaandawaabanjigan: Index ...