Gaganoonididaa - Respect for Our Bodies and Our Differences

On this episode of Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa we listen to Obizaan [Lee Staples], a spiritual advisor for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. He talks about the value that Anishinaabe culture places on respecting the wholeness of the human body when considering things such as blood donations and transfusions, organ donation, body piercing, vasectomies, tattoos, amputations and surgical alterations. He also stresses the importance of respecting each other's differences, to not tease or bully those with different identities or lifestyles.

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Gaganoonididaa - Respect for Our Bodies and Our Differences is an episode from Ojibwe Stories.

This episode is 28:00 long.

This episode was published on Jun 20, 2017.

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