Written by Wahpetunwan Dakota scholar and activist Waziyatawin of Pezihutazizi Otunwe

Oak Flat is a holy place

Both stories follow the lives of young men who have dreams for a better future

Mary eventually married Leonard Crow Dog

and the intricate kinship system that governed all aspects of their life

Serpents and Other Spiritual Beings arts Written by Wahpetunwan Dakota scholarSerpents and Other Spiritual Beings is the second book in a series by renowned Ojibwe storyteller Bomgiizhik Isaac Murdoch, following on The Trail of Nenaboozhoo and Other Creation Stories (2019). Serpents and Other Spiritual Beings is a collection of traditional Ojibwe Anishinaabe stories transliterated directly from Murdoch's oral storytelling. Part history, legend, and mythology, these are stories of tradition, magic and transformation, morality