The Seven Grandfathers

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December 4, 2021 - 10:48am

Critical Commentary

The painting “The Circle of Life” by Odawa artist and poet, Zoey Wood Salomon captures the Anishinaabe perspective of cycles in balance, a worldview where the gifts of light, lessons, earth, animals and knowledge are part of one continuum.

Zoey writes, “The people of the fires are symbolized by our seven grandmother/grandfather teachings of love, respect, honesty, bravery, humility, truth, and wisdom. Three fires also remind us to maintain balance in our body, our mind, and our spirit.

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admin. “The Gifts of the Seven Grandfathers.” Ojibwe.Net (blog). Accessed December 4, 2021. https://ojibwe.net/projects/prayers-teachings/the-gifts-of-the-seven-grandfathers/.

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Anonymous, "The Seven Grandfathers", contributed by , Center for Ethnography, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 4 December 2021, accessed 29 March 2024. http://centerforethnography.org/content/seven-grandfathers