St. Ignace in Mackinac County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Anishinaabe Woman

anishinaabekwe

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, January 2, 2023

1. Anishinaabe Woman Marker

Inscription. An Anishinaabe woman anishinaabekwe plays many important roles in the village. Other than childbearing she builds, farms, crafts, hunts, cooks and as this sculpture represents gathers moozhaginan. She collects over 250 species of fruits and berries to use for nutritional and medicinal values.

Along with her walking stick mitigoons she uses birch bark baskets makak to transport her strawberries ode'imin and her blueberries miinagaawanzh back to the village. She is dressed in a traditional buckskin strap dress bashkweginagooday with removable sleeves. Women traditionally wore their hair in braids okaadenige. Here she is wearing a spirit braid. Her moccasins makizin are made of deerskin and decorated with a traditional beaded flower.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities.

Location. 45° 52.314′ N, 84° 43.903′ W. Marker is in St. Ignace, Michigan, in Mackinac County. It is at the intersection of North State Street (Business Interstate 75) and Marquette Street, on the right when traveling south on North State Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 500 North State Street, Saint Ignace MI 49781, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

and on the Straits of Mackinac.

It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Great North Woods,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8

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other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Anishinaabe Garden (here, next to this marker); Anishinaabe Medicine Man (here, next to this marker); The Huron Longhouse (a few steps from this marker); Anishinaabe Drying Rack (within shouting distance of this marker); Anishinaabe Fisherman (within shouting distance of this marker); The Ojibwe Medicine Wheel (within shouting distance of this marker); Ojibwe Doodems (within shouting distance of this marker); Father Marquette Park Kiosk (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Ignace.

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, January 2, 2023

2. Anishinaabe Woman Marker

Anishinaabe Woman image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, January 2, 2023

3. Anishinaabe Woman

Museum of Ojibwa Culture image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, January 2, 2023

4. Museum of Ojibwa Culture

Anishinaabe Woman is one of the outside exhibits at the Museum of Ojibwa Culture.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 21, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 16, 2023, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 512 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 16, 2023, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.