Blog for Gidinawemaaganinaanig: Endazhigiyang
Calling Native Artists!
Land Marker Request for Proposals! The Native American Advisory Committee is seeking artist proposals for the design and creation of a marker to designate the land at OU! We would love to receive your proposals, and work with you to build a creative and beautiful marker for the Anishinaabe Historical Site. RFP below and in…
Land Blessing & Community Assessment
Gidinawemaaganinaanig Endazhigiyang came to the inter-tribal Indigenous community of Southeast Michigan after over two-hundred years in settler colonial possession. The land had been cleared by the university and then backfilled with soil from other sites of construction around campus. Situated behind a parking lot, but nestled against the Western Biological Preserve, the land had been…
Gidinawemaaganinaanig Endazhigiyang
The unveiling of the Land Acknowledgement on campus, and the gift of Land back to the Indigenous community.
Acknowledging the Land: Our First Step
We call this land that abuts Oakland University’s Biological Preserve by her name in Anishinaabemowin: Gidinawemaaganinaanig Endazhigiyang (All Our Relations: The Place Where We All Grow). We practice the syllables and feel her cadence in our mouths as a kindling of intimacy. This is how our relationship began: Acknowledging the land is a common practice…
Contributors
This blog is facilitated by Dr. Megan Peiser (Choctaw) and Dr. Andrea Knutson—co-chairs of Oakland University’s Native American Advisory Committee. Guest posts by community members will feature here too!
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