Walking the Ojibwe path a memoir in letters to Joshua

"Ojibwe tradition calls for fathers to walk their children through the world, sharing the ancient understanding "that we are all, animate and inanimate alike, living on the one pure breath with which the Creator gave life to the Universe." In this new entry in the Seedbank series, an intimate series...

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Main Author: Wagamese, Richard (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Milkweed Editions, 2022.
Series:Seedbank (Minneapolis, Minn.)
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