Margaret Noodin is Assistant Professor in the Department of English and the American Indian Studies program at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

• Contents N’digo: Preface N’miigwechwiwaag: Acknowledgments Ziibaaskobiige: To Set a Written Net Chapter 1. Anishinaabemowin: The Anishinaabe Language Chapter 2. Anishinaabebiige: Anishinaabe Literature Chapter 3. Gikenmaadizo miinwaa Gikenmaa’aan: Patterns of Identity in the Writing of Louise Erdrich Chapter 4. Zhaabwii’endam: Conscious Survival in the Writing of Jim Northrup Chapter 5. Giizhigomaadiziwin: Universal Life in the Writing of Basil Johnston Chapter 6. Waninawendamowinan: Stirred Thoughts in the Writing of Gerald Vizenor Chapter 7. Ziiginibiige: Poured Writing Maziniaganan Gii Gindanaanan: Works Cited Nanaandawaabanjigan: Index

Bawaajimo confirms a vision come to pass, a landmark to a vital moment in Anishinaabe history in our collective culture and country where language renewal is taking place on our tongues, on the page, and in our dreams. This work makes a significant contribution to a field with very few scholarly texts and a rising readership. An Anishinaabe-centered critical reading from a scholar with fluency in the Anishinaabe language is a singular contribution, absolutely new and years ahead of any other work that will compete on any level.—Heid E. Erdrich, author of Cell Traffic: New and Selected Poems and National Monuments

Margaret Noodin is Assistant Professor in the Department of English and the American Indian Studies program at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

• Contents N’digo: Preface N’miigwechwiwaag: Acknowledgments Ziibaaskobiige: To Set a Written Net Chapter 1. Anishinaabemowin: The Anishinaabe Language Chapter 2. Anishinaabebiige: Anishinaabe Literature Chapter 3. Gikenmaadizo miinwaa Gikenmaa’aan: Patterns of Identity in the Writing of Louise Erdrich Chapter 4. Zhaabwii’endam: Conscious Survival in the Writing of Jim Northrup Chapter 5. Giizhigomaadiziwin: Universal Life in the Writing of Basil Johnston Chapter 6. Waninawendamowinan: Stirred Thoughts in the Writing of Gerald Vizenor Chapter 7. Ziiginibiige: Poured Writing Maziniaganan Gii Gindanaanan: Works Cited Nanaandawaabanjigan: Index

Bawaajimo confirms a vision come to pass, a landmark to a vital moment in Anishinaabe history in our collective culture and country where language renewal is taking place on our tongues, on the page, and in our dreams. This work makes a significant contribution to a field with very few scholarly texts and a rising readership. An Anishinaabe-centered critical reading from a scholar with fluency in the Anishinaabe language is a singular contribution, absolutely new and years ahead of any other work that will compete on any level.—Heid E. Erdrich, author of Cell Traffic: New and Selected Poems and National Monuments

Margaret Noodin is Assistant Professor in the Department of English and the American Indian Studies program at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

• Contents N’digo: Preface N’miigwechwiwaag: Acknowledgments Ziibaaskobiige: To Set a Written Net Chapter 1. Anishinaabemowin: The Anishinaabe Language Chapter 2. Anishinaabebiige: Anishinaabe Literature Chapter 3. Gikenmaadizo miinwaa Gikenmaa’aan: Patterns of Identity in the Writing of Louise Erdrich Chapter 4. Zhaabwii’endam: Conscious Survival in the Writing of Jim Northrup Chapter 5. Giizhigomaadiziwin: Universal Life in the Writing of Basil Johnston Chapter 6. Waninawendamowinan: Stirred Thoughts in the Writing of Gerald Vizenor Chapter 7. Ziiginibiige: Poured Writing Maziniaganan Gii Gindanaanan: Works Cited Nanaandawaabanjigan: Index

Bawaajimo confirms a vision come to pass, a landmark to a vital moment in Anishinaabe history in our collective culture and country where language renewal is taking place on our tongues, on the page, and in our dreams. This work makes a significant contribution to a field with very few scholarly texts and a rising readership. An Anishinaabe-centered critical reading from a scholar with fluency in the Anishinaabe language is a singular contribution, absolutely new and years ahead of any other work that will compete on any level.—Heid E. Erdrich, author of Cell Traffic: New and Selected Poems and National Monuments