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Aki-wayn-zih A Person as Worthy as the Earth Multiple Nations and personal essaysOne mans story of growing up in the hunting and gathering society of the Ojibways and surviving the residential school system, woven together with traditional legends in their original language. Members of Eli Baxters generation are the last of the hunting and gathering societies living on Turtle Island. They are also among the last fluent speakers of the Anishinaabay language known as Anishinaabaymowin. Aki wayn zih is a story about the land and its