our family

Members and descendants of the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Oyate

and historical foundation for Anishinaabeg Studies

Drawing on his years of experience as a Crown Prosecutor in Treaty 6 territory

Chi-mewinzha (long ago) presents this venerable elder’s words in the original Ojibwe

The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse sports our familyFor more than a half century, Father Damien Modeste has served his beloved people, the Ojibwe, on the remote reservation of Little No Horse. Now, nearing the end of his life, Father Damien dreads the discovery of his physical identity, for he is a woman who has lived as a man. To complicate his fears, his quiet life changes when a troubled colleague comes to the reservation to investigate the life of the perplexing, difficult, possibly false saint