Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak – Episode 22 – Lee Staples and Chato Gonzales Part II

Hosted by Erik Redix, Grand Portage Ojibwe Language Coordinator, Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak is a bilingual program featuring first speakers telling stories in Ojibwemowin and English. Erik’s guests for Episode 22 are Obizaan–Lee Staples, a Mille Lacs elder and his assistant Chato Gonzales. Obizaan shares teachings about gichichagonan–the spirit within, and why going to ceremony and learning and speaking Ojibwemowin is so important for Anishinaabe people.

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak is supported in part by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Erik Redix and Staci Drouillard