There are moments when a people do not discover a holy book, they recognize it. Then came, ʾÔr Ḥayyāh The Book of the O'Jiibwaay. The Grand Council of the O’Jiibwaay Nation did not set out to confirm belief, nor to defend tradition. We were entrusted instead with a burden: to vet credibility in a time when imitation is easy, language is borrowed, and truth is often wrapped in performance. From many corners came writings some ancient in form, some modern in medium. Scrolls. Pa

A Voice of Sovereignty In 2021 , Chief Midegah stepped onto an international stage not as a petitioner, but as a bearer of law older than any modern state. Invited to speak at the United Nations International Forum in Germany, he addressed the gathering on Indigenous sovereignty speaking plainly, firmly, and without apology. He spoke of identity not as paperwork, but as inheritance. Of sovereignty not as permission, but as continuity. At the heart of his address was a truth c

Midegah Ogichidaa, sustained as Gichi Ogimaa of The Red Bear Pembina Chippewa Indians by Ogimaakwe Nibwaskaa Ogichidaa; family representatives of the Barker family lines; Lambert family lines; Brunelle family lines; Taylor family lines collectively.

When Constantine in the year 325 CE decided he wanted all the sacred writings gathered, he sent word out across his empire. Across clans. Across regions. Across people. Bring the writings. They came on scrolls. They came on parchments. They came from people who believed what they carried was sacred. And the problem was this: someone, somewhere, considered everything sacred. So a decision had to be made. What goes in. What stays out. That decision became the “holy book.” Today