but she knows her family is there to support her

"—Winds of Change

and reconciliation

and the tales and legends that have circulated among the Tlingit people for centuries are all woven together

who span a vast geographic region from the Great Lakes to the Plains and beyond

Bkejwanong Dbaajmowinan: Stories of Where the Waters Divide ceremony but she knows her familyBkejwanong means where the waters part, but the waters of St. Clair River are not a point of separation. The same waters that sustain life on and around Bkejwanongformerly known as Walpole Island, Ontarioflow down into Chippewas of the Thames, the community to which author Monty McGahey II belongs. While there are no living fluent speakers of Anishinaabemowin in this community, McGahey has fostered relationships with fluent speakers from nearby