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Waawiiatanong Forever Digital Guide

Welcome to Waawiiatanong Forever, a photography and postcard project that celebrates the representation of women and two-spirit folks and their families within our vibrant community. Through this project, we aim to showcase the rich diversity of Indigeneity represented. We invited community members to present themselves as they wanted to be represented alongside the street signs of Windsor that bear their nation’s name or locations that are significant to the community.

Waawiiatanong Forever weaves the threads of history, culture, and personal identity. Listen to the voices, stories, and get to know the Indigenous presence on this land forever celebrated.

This is truly an Indigenous led collaborative project years in the making and AWE thanks all involved.

Miigwech gii-bi-gkendaman Waawii’atanong Gaagnig Pane, mzinaakzigewin miinwaa boosjigewin ednakmigak ji-mnaa’ang ezhi-gkendaagziwaad kwewag miinwaa niizho-mnidoowiwag miinwaa dinwemaaganan maa endzhi-dniziying. Maa endzhi-dnakmigak, nii-waabnda’aanaanaig ezhi-bkaanziwaad Anishinaabeg. Ngii-kwejmaanaanig ednizijig ji-waabnda’nangwaa ezhi-nendiziwaad, enjibaawaad, ezhinkaadeg enjibaawaad, wodi miikan-kinwaabnjiganing Windsor’ing. Waaii’atanong Gaagnig Pane paazhaamigad gaa-zhiwebak, enaadziwaad, miinwaa ezhi-nendizawaad. Bzindan enaan’gidoong, dbaajmang, miinwaa ga-gkendaan ezhi-bmaadziwaad Anishinaabeg maa kiing pane mnaajtoong.

Gegeti gwa maanda eniigaanziwaad Anishinaabeg gaa-gchi-naanaagdawendamowaad ji-dnakmigak. Miigwech kina gaa-naadmaagewaad.

 

 

Curated by Julie Rae Tucker & Jace Pillon, organized by Shane Lyon

Photography: Shayenna Nolan

Project Coordinator: Shane Lyon

Artistic Direction: Shayenna Nolan, Shane Lyon, Julie Rae Tucker

Project support: Michelle Nahdee, Donna Lefler-Grayer, Kat Pasquach, Marcie Demmans, Sophie Hinch

 

 

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In their own words:

Lacey, Art Windsor-Essex, 2023 
A beautiful Anishnaabe woman is photographed in warm light from the shoulders up. Her hair is braided and she is wearing glasses and earrings made of sweetgrass with leather fringe that trails onto her shoulders.

 

 

Angie, Oneida Court @ Kildare Ave., 2023

My name is Angela John and I'm from Onedia Nation, and I am Bear Clan, and I think that it’s important to represent where you are from. For your identity as a people, and to maintain heritage, culture, and language to pass on to the next generation.

The Oneida people within the Haudenosaunee Confederacy are known as Onyota’á:ka, “People of the Standing stone.”

 

 

Farren, Ojibway St. @ Askin Ave., 2023
My name is Angela John and I'm from Onedia Nation, and I am Bear Clan, and I think that it’s important to represent where you are from. For your identity as a people, and to maintain heritage, culture, and language to pass on to the next generation.

The Ojibwe people refer to themselves as Anishinaabeg, “the original people”. Together with the Odawa (Ottawa) and Potawatomi nations, they form the Three Fires Confederacy.


Georgie, Iroquois St. @ Argyle Rd., 2023

The term Iroquois was used by the French and non-Iroquoian people to describe the Haudenosaunee (Hodinohsho:ni).

 

Jamie, Ojibway Parkway @ Prospect Ave., 2023

 

Jaycene, Munsee St. @ Kildare Ave., 2023

Munsee refers to the Lunaapeew (Lenape) people and one of three dialects of their language. There are two communities in Ontario, Munsee Delaware Nation and Eelūnaapèewii Lahkèewiit.

 

Kat, Indian Rd. @ Peter St., 2023

Many roadways and streets, including Highway 2, were built upon established trade routes that have been used for thousands of years. Outside legal definitions, the term ‘Indian’ is no longer considered appropriate.

 

Katannya, Indian Rd. @ Peter St., 2023

 

Kristy, Iroquois St. @ Argyle Rd., 2023

 

Ost, Ojibway Parkway @ Prospect Ave., 2023

 

Tayshawn, Munsee St. @ Kildare Ave., 2023

 

Trinity, Oneida Court @ Kildare Ave., 2023