Plums or Nuts: Ojibwe Stories of Anishinaabe Humor

Plums or Nuts: Ojibwe Stories of Anishinaabe HumorA master Ojibwe storyteller shares twenty five stories often bawdy, full of mischief and misbehavior in Ojibwe and English. Larry Amik Smallwood had the gift of making people laugh. Of all the teachings Amik strove to pass along to his students, he cherished most the humor of his Ojibwe people. In this bilingual collection, Amik tells of his many adventures and those of others he knew. Learning to speak English in the first grade. A spectacular mishap

part collage

extraordinary

the monster is held at bay

The grandfather in this story is sharing his knowledge with his granddaughter using the Dakota language

The story of the struggle for the green world of the Everland

and who embraced the rituals and ways of thinking vital to his heritage

the parameters of grief

simmering tensions between indigenous Dakota and white settlers culminated in the violent

Tenskwatawa

We stare at each other because we don't know which tribe

and sacred nature of the world in which they live

who maintains that although we are considered somehow primitive and simple