Akiwaynzih A Person as Worthy as the Earth by Eli Baxter HARDBACK 9780228008071

Aki-wayn-zihA Person As Worthy As the Earth\nAuthor(s): Eli Baxter\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada\nImprint: McGill-Queen's University Press\nISBN-13: 9780228008071, 978-0228008071\nSynopsis\nWinner- 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for English-Language Nonfiction\n Members of Eli Baxter's generation are the last of the hunting and gathering societies living on Turtle Island. They are also among the last fluent speakers of the Anishinaabay language known as Anishinaabaymowin.\n Aki-wayn-zih is a story about the land and its spiritual relationship with the Anishinaabayg, from the beginning of their life on Miss-koh-tay-sih Minis (Turtle Island) to the present day. Baxter writes about Anishinaabay life before European contact, his childhood memories of trapping, hunting, and fishing with his family on traditional lands in Treaty 9 territory, and his personal experience surviving the residential school system. Examining how Anishinaabay Kih-ka.