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A 27-hour #rail journey will take a team of #Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers to Lac Seul First Nation to engage with Knowledge Keepers on the worldview called Ahnishinahbayeshshikaywin (pronounced Ah-nish-in-ah-bay-esh-shi-kay-win). This 'encompasses practices that establish a relationship between places and people; these reflect a belief in souls, spirits, and the existence of human souls through eternity. Since mountains, rivers, land, plants, and trees are animate, all of these have souls.'

The train ride is more than just a physical journey. It will carry the team into landscape that is far from 'pristine' but has been inhabited for millennia.

#animism #landscape #empire #Ojibwa #Anishinaabeg #anthropology #Oji-Cree

https://www.sapiens.org/culture/on-the-tracks-to-translating-indigenous-knowledge/