aki
AH-kee
Often translated as "land" or "earth," but that translation faltes. Aki encompasses a relational, spiritual, and reciprocal connection between people and place — the land as a living participant in human life, not a surface or a resource.
Etymology
Anishinaabemowin, the language of the Anishinaabe people. The word exists in a verb-based language where things English treats as inanimate are understood as alive and in motion.
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