{"id":462,"date":"2024-10-31T12:51:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T17:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/?page_id=462"},"modified":"2025-04-08T15:19:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T20:19:54","slug":"mii-maanda-ezhi-gkendmaahn-this-is-how-i-know","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/mii-maanda-ezhi-gkendmaahn-this-is-how-i-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Mii Maanda Ezhi-gkendmaahn This Is How I Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"462\" class=\"elementor elementor-462\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-176310f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"176310f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25440088 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25440088\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mii Maanda Ezhi-gkendmaahn \/ This Is How I Know<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc7720e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dc7720e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2c6a0f e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b2c6a0f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5066467 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5066467\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1d774e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1d774e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Follow a young child and their grandmother as they explore the world around them through the seasons and the changes they bring.<\/p><p>Themes: Observing nature, cycle of seasons, traditional knowledge, dual-language<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72bdc8c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"72bdc8c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e665c3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e665c3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mii-300x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-464\" alt=\"The cover of Mii Maanda Ezhi-Gkendmaanh has an adult and child walking on the beach\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mii-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mii.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-579f9e7c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"579f9e7c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4095ab00 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4095ab00\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1880d342 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1880d342\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About\u00a0the Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37485525 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37485525\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Professor Luby is author of &#8220;Drowned: Anishinabek Economies and Activism during the Post-War Hydroelectric Boom, 1950 &#8211; 1975,&#8221; a dissertation funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, which she completed at York University. This dissertation was placed into the category for awards. Professor Luby&#8217;s critical and creative work can be found in periodicals such as the Canadian Bulletin of Medical History,\u00a0Ontario History,\u00a0Canadian Journal of Native Studies,\u00a0Native Studies Review,\u00a0Feathertale Review,\u00a0Native Literatures: Generations, and\u00a0Red Ink Magazine. Professor Luby&#8217;s poetry has also appeared in Walk Myself Home.<\/p><p>Bio from\u00a0University of Guelph, College of Arts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-442980de e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"442980de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5df87c89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5df87c89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Luby-2-qwdobrwei99temfo1mpzqk7k6d713c5icbi5d8j4xm.jpg\" title=\"Luby 2\" alt=\"Headshot portrait of Brittany Luby\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Photo by Harriet Carlson <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7127cc1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7127cc1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14f953f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"14f953f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-119a525 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"119a525\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About&nbsp;Our Honored Guest<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-573c22a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"573c22a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our honored guest is illustrator Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, an Anishinaabe artist from Barrie, ON. He\u2019s a member of Wasauksing, FN. He currently resides in the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsliel-Waututh people. Visit his website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mangeshig.com\/\">https:\/\/www.mangeshig.com\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1f8966 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c1f8966\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f8adb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2f8adb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/joshua-qwdmgryjddk1v7r59o5b0gurvnf6g069spi7x7vco6.png\" title=\"joshua\" alt=\"Headshot portrait of Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75b5c4a0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"75b5c4a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42e255fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"42e255fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bba085c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5bba085c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Discussion Questions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d391575 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d391575\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>What changes do you see as the seasons change?<\/li><li>Take a walk with a grown-up in your life. What are their observations about the changing seasons?<\/li><li>What animals do you observe in spring?<\/li><li>Do animals change their behaviour during the different seasons?<\/li><li>How do you feel as the seasons change? Do you feel more or less energy during the summer? The winter?<\/li><li>The image to the right is the<span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">Ojibwe Giizhig Anung Masinaaigan \u2013 Ojibwe Sky Star Map<\/span><span class=\"C9DxTc \">, a Native Skywatchers star map created by Annette S. Lee, William Wilson, Carl Gawboy, \u00a92012. Visit her\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"XqQF9c\" href=\"https:\/\/annettelee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"C9DxTc aw5Odc \">website<\/span><\/a><span class=\"C9DxTc \">\u00a0to learn more.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ed9f620 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2ed9f620\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cf9b246 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5cf9b246\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Graph.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-466\" alt=\"Ojibwe seasonal calendar\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Graph.jpg 806w, https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Graph-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Graph-768x865.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5db37cf9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5db37cf9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63107a0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63107a0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Learning Activities<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a9d94b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1a9d94b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74fec22c e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74fec22c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47d7305d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47d7305d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Keep a journal and write or draw what you observe as the seasons change.<\/li><li>Take a walk and use your senses to observe the season. Can you observe spring by listening? What do you hear?<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vqC2htuKjN0\">Listen to an excerpt of the book<\/a>, read by by Jeannette McQuabbie, who speaks the Odawa dialect of the Ojibwe language and is a proud member of the Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation in Northeastern Ontario.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c914d7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c914d7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Bird.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-467\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-629298e4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"629298e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c02d36b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c02d36b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Explore More<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-482dd5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"482dd5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>For older kids and adults: read the transcript of <a href=\"https:\/\/open-book.ca\/News\/Brittany-Luby-s-New-Picture-Book-is-a-Love-Letter-to-the-Natural-World-and-Anishinaabe-Family-Life\">this<\/a> interview with the author, Brittany Luby. It explores her writing process and includes other interesting facts.\u00a0<\/li><li>The beautiful illustrations in the book are by\u00a0Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, an Anishinaabe artist from Barrie, Ontario. He\u2019s a member of Wasauksing, First Nation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mangeshig.com\/\">Visit his website<\/a> to see his other works.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mii Maanda Ezhi-gkendmaahn \/ This Is How I Know Follow a young child and their grandmother as they explore the world around them through the seasons and the changes they bring. Themes: Observing nature, cycle of seasons, traditional knowledge, dual-language About\u00a0the Author Professor Luby is author of &#8220;Drowned: Anishinabek Economies and Activism during the Post-War &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/mii-maanda-ezhi-gkendmaahn-this-is-how-i-know\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mii Maanda Ezhi-gkendmaahn This Is How I Know&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-462","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1658,"href":"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/462\/revisions\/1658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu\/maadagindan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}