Weweni: Poems in Anishinaabemowin and English Mi'kmaq the Hampton Institute (Virginia)

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Weweni: Poems in Anishinaabemowin and English Mi'kmaq the Hampton Institute (Virginia)Depending on dialect, the Anishinaabemowin word "weweni" expresses thanks, exactitude, ease, and sincerity. In addition, the word for "relatives" is "nindenwemaaganag": those whose "enewewe," or voices, sound familiar. In Weweni, poet Margaret Noodin brings all of these meanings to bear in a unique bilingual collection. Noodins warm and perceptive poems were written first in the Modern Anishinaabemowin double vowel orthography and appear translated on