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As Anishinaabe, we have developed ways fo r safety and preservation. Imagine all of the adaptation our people had to go through after...
Nazhike
Mar 4, 20233 min read
January 8th, 2010
Aaniin, a journal entry from my first day of treatment while serving a 5 year prison sentence. I did not know that this particular day...
Nazhike
Jan 8, 20212 min read
Rezidivism 15: I ain’t worthy, therefore I don’t.
I was more scared at facing myself.....
Nazhike
May 13, 20203 min read
Rezidivism 14:“You f’n Apple!!” (Gets head slammed on Squad)
On the Rez, Tribal Police play a large role in the establishment of Authority. How it is used, what does it look like, what does it FEEL...
Nazhike
May 2, 20204 min read
Bars Slam, I love but not enough.
Aaniin, I remember when the bars of the prison cell closed behind me...... for the first time and then again for the second time. At the...
Nazhike
Mar 31, 20204 min read
“Indian Horse” DAAANNNGGGGG!!!!!
Watch Indian Horse!!
Nazhike
Jan 21, 20204 min read
Rezidivism 11: It's 2020 Already??!!
January 1st, 2010: I was in Lino Lakes Correctional Facility serving a 5 year sentence with a lil over 2.5 years to go. I found out I...
Nazhike
Jan 1, 20203 min read
Rezidivism 10: Are Anishinaabe Jedi?
Aaniin, today on Rezidivism I would like to talk about “using the force”. When I was a little kid, my grandma would always have us put...
Nazhike
Dec 23, 20193 min read
Rezidivism 9: You forgot where you came from.
Aaniin, today on Rezidivism I would like to talk about when you start making changes in your life and your old friends, family and...
Nazhike
Dec 16, 20193 min read
Rezidivism 8: Who is Nazhike-awaasang?
Aaniin, today on Rezidivism I would like to talk about when learned about my Anishinaabe-izhinikaazowin (Anishinaabe Name). This has...
Nazhike
Nov 25, 20194 min read
Rezidivism 7: Turning Points
Aaniin, today on Rezidivism I would like to talk about Turning Points. At the beginning of my Recovery in 2010, I had been in prison for...
Nazhike
Nov 18, 20195 min read
Rezidivism 6: Ton of Bricks!!
Aaniin, today on Rezidivism I would like to talk about the Ton of Bricks that hit you in Recovery. With holding the stigma of being an...
Nazhike
Nov 11, 20194 min read
Rezidivism 5: When the going gets tough,.......
Aaniin, today on Rezidivism I would like to talk about the hard times, but not hard times in recovery. Instead, the moments in active...
Nazhike
Nov 4, 20194 min read
Rezidivism 4: Intro to Barriers
Aaniin, welcome to another post on Rezidivism. Today I would like to talk about barriers in general that stem from Historical Trauma. ...
Nazhike
Oct 28, 20194 min read
Rezidivism 3: “My friends are dead or in prison.” Part 2
I was constantly told this as I was growing up. If my life were a book, it would be the foreshadowing of things yet to come, a future...
Nazhike
Oct 21, 20193 min read
Rezidivism 2:“my friends are dead or in prison...”
Aaniin!! Here we are on the topic of Rezidivism talking about role modeling. It’s a topic that gets mentioned but under delivered. It is...
Nazhike
Oct 14, 20193 min read
Rezidivism- The effects of Rez Life that cause a tendency to repeat an undesirable....
"I have noticed that my typing has slowed and my throat is closing. Tears are forming in the back in the back of my eyeballs."
Nazhike
Oct 9, 20192 min read
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