The Inaakonigewin Committee
In 2015, the board created a committee called “Inaakonigewin,” intended to oversee the Anishinaabe portions of our mission and goals, including the archives. The word, “Inaakonigewin” means to go inward, to go toward the spirit, to learn what our purpose is in life and to discern the life-steps toward that purpose. Translated for the organization, it means that we intend to be fully multi-cultural: in board leadership, and in the programming on Ober’s Islands.
Committee members
Pebaamibines (Dennis) Jones, Chair Bizhiw indoodem, Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation. Rainy Lake Ojibwe.
Peggy Smith Miskwaanakwadook (Red Cloud Woman), Makwa n’dodem (Bear Clan),Omashkiigo/James Bay Cree/European ancestry, James Bay Treaty 9 territory, Ontario. Lives in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Erika Bailey-Johnson, (Butterfly Woman), Makwa indoodem (Bear clan), Miskwaagamiiwi-Zaaga’iganing/Red Lake Nation and European ancestry, Bemijigamaag indaa, Sustainability Director at Ganawendakamigaawigamig (Office of Earth-Caretaking or Sustainability Office) at Bemijigamaag gabe-gikendaasoowigamig (Bemidji State University)
Mary Alice Smith Waasegiizhigook (Clear Sky Woman) Makwa n’dodem (Bear Clan). Animikii Wikwedong n’donjii. Originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, now in Kenora. Omashkiigo/ James Bay Cree/European ancestry.
George Glazier lives in Devens, MA