Weweni: Poems in Anishinaabemowin and English Mi'kmaq In Ojibway Heritage

In Ojibway Heritage

Indigenous-language authors

This whimsical retelling of a pan-Arctic traditional story features lively

Moving between languages in the same Indo-European family

Josh struggles to reconcile the conflicting voices he hears—from the messages of sin and scorn of the non-Indian Christian churches his parents attend in order to assimilate

Weweni: Poems in Anishinaabemowin and English Mi'kmaq In Ojibway HeritageDepending on dialect, the Anishinaabemowin word "weweni" expresses thanks, exactitude, ease, and sincerity. In addition, the word for "relatives" is "nindenwemaaganag": those whose "enewewe," or voices, sound familiar. In Weweni, poet Margaret Noodin brings all of these meanings to bear in a unique bilingual collection. Noodins warm and perceptive poems were written first in the Modern Anishinaabemowin double vowel orthography and appear translated on