Following the Ancestor’s Steps

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Agwadaashi (Sunfish)

By Sam Zimmerman

As a gwiiwizens (boy), I use to take my newest Hardy Boy book, bait pail and fishing pole and sit by the river and spend all gabe-zhebaa (morning) fishing. It was so peaceful sitting on the dew laden grass watching my bobber dance on the top of the water, hoping for a nice sized ogaa (walleye) to grab the hook. I caught more agwadaashi (sunfish) than ogaa. I would get excited when I saw the golden flashes of yellow and green stripes under the surface; like fire when the sun hit their scales. Even now as an adult, I still find agwadaashi to be a gwanaaj (beautiful) nibi mandioo (water spirit).

With niibin (summer) here, I am looking forward to going out along the North Shore with my coffee rather than a book, putting down asemaa (tobacco) and fishing for ogaa and agwadaashi. Happy and safe fishing everyone.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

John A. Spelman III - Artist and Printmaker From Appalachia to Minnesota’s North Shore

July 2- September 5 Author Talk - July 14, 5 pm with Tracey Cullen and Scott Husby

The bold and evocative style of John A. Spelman III’s artwork encourages us to consider the lives and landscapes of both the Appalachian region as well as Minnesota’s North Shore during the last century.

Two Artists- Two Stories

July 23 - August 15 Artist Talk - August 3, 5 pm

Hazel Belvo and Marcia Cushmore created a visual conversation around the post-modern concept of Juxtaposition. Each work consists of two paintings, a square and a rectangle, observational and abstract, glazing and impasto and two entirely different expressions by two very different painters.

The JHP Art Gallery welcomes volunteers! For more information, please call 218-387-2883 or email jhp@boreal.org.

BALLY

BLACKSMITH& METALSHOP

The Bally Blacksmith Shop has chronicled Cook County’s economic historysince1911-progressingfrom horse-drawnlumbercampequipment tomotorizedcommercialfishingrigs, automobiles,andsnowmobiles. Theblacksmithshopwasplacedonthe Na�onalRegisterofHistoricPlacesin 1986andhasbeenmanagedbythe CookCountyHistoricalSocietysince 2013.ThemetalForestServicebuilding wasaddedtothesiteintheearly1960s andservesasaworkingmetalshop. Visitorscantourthebuildingseach FridayandSaturday1-4.Therewillalso beblacksmithingdemonstra�onsinthe yardfrom11am-2pmJuly10-11, August6-7,andSeptember24-25.

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