Introduction in Anishinaabe with Pam Belgard

Meegwetch for inviting me here buzu sashko gg-go contigo magazine oh damn mechanical why doing in dongji and that is the traditional manner in which I was taught to introduce myself to other people and even to Earth Mother and everywhere we go and my name is pam dalgaard and I’m from the Turtle Mountain well it’s tournament band of Chippewa and were Anishinabe people I am from North of dunseith and no one would really care and listen I really care about that unless they were from Turtle Mountains my parents are John and Margaret bellegarde she was known as Peggy people kind of know my mom cuz she was an artist she had a ceramic shop and there’s ceramics in homes all over this community and other places because of her work and then my father he did quite a few things but he was retired and mostly raised and raised quarter horses at that time but there’s a lot more to him than that and he had a strong influence on my life so I think I’ll share that with you eventually here yeah