Dibaajimotoonagoog Gii-Abinoojiinhwiyaan
Eko-Niizhing: Gii-kii’igoshimoyaan
Gii-ikwezensiwiyaan iko apane imaa sa ingii-izhaa iwidi zhaawanong da-o-gii’igoshimoyaan. Nashke ingii-oshkiniigikwew gii-midaasobiboonagiziyaan, mii gaa-onji-gii’igoshimoyaan waasaa zhaawanong. Nigwiinawendaan gii-danakiiyaan imaa, gii-siigwang. Covid-19ish gii-pi-izhaa miinawaa dash gii-kibaakwa’igaadegin iniw miikanan da-ipizoyaan iwidi.
TRANSLATION
When I was a young girl I always went up north to go fasting. You see, I was around 10 when I started becoming a woman (and when you start puberty that’s when you fast for the first time, in Ojibwe culture). I miss being up there in Canada though… I haven’t gone since COVID-19 closed the borders.









