Ojibwe Teachings: Part 1 The Silent Years

Wanashkwewaadiziwin (The Silent Years)
This refers to childhood years spent in distant Catholic boarding schools. A brief overview of tribal history is followed by Jim Williams Sr. and Richard Williams (brothers and Elders), describing their childhood experiences of having been separated from their families and their tribal culture by having been sent to a Catholic Boarding School several hundred miles away. It presents sacred stories that bear on the purpose of human life, and Anishinaabe identity.