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Ojibwe Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look in All Directions

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OJIBWE WAASA INAABIDAA: WE LOOK IN ALL DIRECTIONS is a special pick for any comprehensive Native American collection: it details the story of the Ojibwe people who have lived on the North American continent for thousands of years, using text, photos, and illustrations in full color to capture their origins, history, and spirituality. From oral traditions and language to ways the modern Ojibwe are preserving traditions, OJIBWE WAASA INAABIDAA is a 'must' for any comprehensive Native American collection.

As an Ojibway living in Oklahoma (far from Canada, where my family is from), I am thrilled to find a book like this one. It is BEAUTIFULLY printed, with heavy, glossy pages loaded with full-color art, photos, maps, and text. The work of Thomas Peacock is amazing; I learned things about my own tribe I hadn't known until now. He is not writing some puny, new-age pop-culture book on "Indian spirituality;" this is a serious, authentic, well-informed treatment of Ojibway history, legends, life, and current events. As a father of two children, one of whom carries the middle name "Ojibway," I am VERY pleased to have this book to read with them, as well as Peacock's other titles, "The Four Hills," and anything by Winona Laduke, Gerald Vizenor, and Basil Johnson I can find.

This is one of the nicest books I've read on native culture, history and religion. It is well written, well organized, easy to read and rings true with everything else I've read. It is also a beautiful book to look at and hold. The last few books I've read have been written poorly and it was a pleasure to get back to quality.