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Books published by Birchbark Books Press
Available exclusively at Birchbark Books and Native Arts 
Naawigiizis: Memories of the Center of the MoonJim Clark Birchbark Books Press, $13.95 This book would be an important enough document if it only collected the memories and cultural wisdom of one of the most respected of the Anishinaabe elders living in Minnesota, Naawigiizis, Jim Clark. It is even more valuable in that it captures his remarkable impressions not just in English, Jim's second language, but also presents several stories in Ojibwe, his first language - and for good measure, gives us two stories only in Ojibwe. All readers have a first person account of growing up in two cultures in the early decades of the 20th Century as the Ojibwe people struggled to keep their traditions in the face of the mounting pressures to assimilate into White culture. People who know or are learning the Ojibwe language, and want to preserve it, also have a vital record of a way of thinking and speaking that embodies these traditions as no mere artifact can. 
Omaa Akiing Anton Treuer Birchbark Books Press, $11.00 Omaa Akiing is the second book published on the Birchbark Books Press. It is the stories of five Ojibwe elders collected by Anton Treuer. Omaa Akiing is written entirely in Ojibwe. These two books are available only at Birchbark Books and Native Arts, along with a large selection of other Native books. Please contact Birchbark Books and Native Arts if you are interested in Naawigiizis or Omaa Aking. |