Kwe Bezhik Shkiinzhik Gaa-yaanzig

Barbara Nolan Aug 27, 2012 0 Comments

Miigwech to Margaret Hele, Barbara Burns and Roseanna McCoy for their camerawork and kind assistance in helping us to record this video.

Perhaps sometimes we are simply unable to sense just how much we are loved by another. In this video about the depth of love that Waabgan-kwe has for her son Nimkiins, we witness the unselfish sacrifice that a mother makes for her young child so that he can enjoy his life to the fullest.

Does Nimkiins sense her love? Does he feel gratitude for her unselfishness? How does he acknowledge her sacrifice? How does he ultimately return thanks for her gift? In “Kwe Bezhik Shkiinzhik Gaa-yaanzig,” Barbara Nolan encourages each of us to wonder whether there might be some selfless acts of love that others have gifted us with of which we are not yet aware.

Gookookwhoo miinwaa Mik

Barbara Nolan Aug 21, 2012 0 Comments

“Gookookwhoo miinwaa Mik” is a story about starting over. In this touching video, Barbara Nolan introduces us to airplane pilot Gookookwhoo, who one day returns home from work to discover that his entire family has been burned to death in a house fire. His family, his home, and his life are in ruins before him. Gookookwhoo has no reason to continue living.

In an attempt to heal his broken heart, Gookookwhoo moves back to his rez. However, for decades he is unsuccessful in his attempts to let go of his grief. He eventually decides to go into the bush to live, to pray, to learn how to heal. It is there, in the bush, that he is visited by Beaver.

Gnoozhe

Barbara Nolan Aug 14, 2012 0 Comments

Bekwaakwdoked

Barbara Nolan Aug 7, 2012 1 Comments

Miigwech to Margaret Hele, Barbara Burns and Roseanna McCoy for their camerawork and kind assistance in helping us to record this video.