Bizaanate, Bangan, Waanaki

Abstract Anishinaabe culture, which has been located for more than five thousand years in the Great Lakes region of North America, defines harmony as a state of peaceful existence described by the terms, bizaanate and bangan, which relate to harmonious ways of being in the world often referred to as...

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Main Author: Noodin, Margaret
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Oxford University PressNew York 2022
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197598481.003.0009
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Summary:Abstract Anishinaabe culture, which has been located for more than five thousand years in the Great Lakes region of North America, defines harmony as a state of peaceful existence described by the terms, bizaanate and bangan, which relate to harmonious ways of being in the world often referred to as minobimaadizi and waanaki. This chapter introduces the culture and language of the Anishinaabe people, proposes a linguistic methodology for examining philosophic concepts, and offers narrative examples of the terms related to Anishinaabe harmony. Framed by poetry and constructed through linguistic analysis, the argument in this chapter demonstrates the value of blending modes of disciplinary inquiry while adding Anishinaabe concepts to global philosophical knowledge.