Niwiidosendimin (We Walk with Each Other)

Throughout this reading, you will see and read the Ojibwe word Wiikwedong, which we use as our collaborative name.Wiikwedong in the Ojibwe Language means "on the Bay" in which we reside, near the shores of Gichigami (Lake Superior) region. Waabanong-ZiigWan (East-spring)The sun is gleaming over Gichigami; its rays are dancing over the water like hands drawing us in.As we enter a new day in the eastern direction, the birds sing their song of prayer.We start the day toward the East as our sacred medicine wheel-source of our power and guide through our days and our lives-starts its teachings in the Waabanong (East).We offer our asemaa (tobacco) with Thanksgiving; we start the day in a good way.