This report is available in a printable PDF format, which requires Adobe Acrobat, or an html version. This report was written with the cooperation of several elders in the St. Paul American Indian community and several Indian youth from a local youth organization. In addition, several local Indian organizations collaborated with the American Indian Policy Center to make this small project possible, Ain dah Yung Shelter, Juel Fairbanks Drop-in Center, American Indian Family Center and the Elders Lodge. In Anishinabe culture, once you have honor, dignity, and respect, not only for everything around you, but also for yourself, then you can truly experience love.
Love is the first thing.
You get respect out of that. It takes two or three years to learn to love everything, even your god. Out of that, you get respect That is what I was told. You love everything. Even my maker.