#ojibwa
Gichigamii.
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community. My ancestral homeland. Woodlands on the shores of Lake Superior.
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Ziigwanagaka Nooden / Spring Wind (Left)
Wawateybiineseke / Northern Lights Thunderbird (Right)
Portraits of Traditional dancers at the Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Woodland Powwow.
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Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community Woodland Powwow 2015
My tribe’s powwow is held every year, in the woodlands right next to Gichigamii (Lake Superior).
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Honoring the Ogitchidaag
What I love most about the pow wow on my reservation is that we all gather deep into the woods. It is a beautiful woodland ceremony, on ancient sacred land.
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Migizii
// The Eagle has always been revered as a powerful messenger to the Ojibwe people. I managed to capture my first encounter with a Migizii, days before I was given my Native name and clan. Asin-o-Quay, Migizii Doodam. Woman of the White rocks, Eagle Clan.
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I want to create a blog list of Black, Indigenous & poc “witches” that practice cultural traditions. If you practice a culturally significant tradition/religion or have a culturally centered magical practice please reblog this with what your practice is.
If you’re non-Black, Indigenous or poc please boost via reblog!!! Thank you.
I am Ojibwa, and while my religion doesn’t have a name, I do study and integrate the study of my history into my craft.
Tânisi! Aiguuq! Aaniin!
The 21st of July is National Aboriginal Day in Canada and this is how you say hello in the three most widely spoken languages and dialect groups of native Canadians or “First Nations”. These are Cree,Inuktitut(language of the Inuit/”Eskimo”) and Ojibwa.
The stop sign above from Quebec is written in Canada’s two national languages and Cree.
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Native American dancers. Jingle Dress is a Native American Powwow dance performed by women. The regalia is elaborately ornamented; the metal cones create percussive sound as the dancer moves.
From wikipedia:
The traditional jingle dress dance is characterized by the jingle dress and light footwork danced close to ground. The dancer dances in a pattern, her feet never cross, nor does she dance backward or turn a complete circle. Compared to the original dance, the contemporary dance can be fancier, with intricate footwork and the dress design is often cut to accommodate these footwork maneuvers. Contemporary dancers do often cross their feet, turn full circles and dance backwards. Such moves exemplify the differences between contemporary and traditional jingle dress dancing.
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