Bekaadiziikwe (Quiet Woman) Shares Ojibwa Heritage at RIA Observance
November 27, 2019
November 27, 2019
ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Nov. 27 -- The U.S. Army Sustainment Command issued the following news:
Kim Sigafus McIver, award-winning Ojibwa author, spoke during the National American Indian Heritage Month observance at Heritage Hall, here, Nov. 21.
"I love sharing my culture with people," said McIver who told the audience she began to seek knowledge of her native heritage as an adult. That is when her uncle gave her the Ojibwa name, Bekaadiziikwe, which means &quo . . .
Kim Sigafus McIver, award-winning Ojibwa author, spoke during the National American Indian Heritage Month observance at Heritage Hall, here, Nov. 21.
"I love sharing my culture with people," said McIver who told the audience she began to seek knowledge of her native heritage as an adult. That is when her uncle gave her the Ojibwa name, Bekaadiziikwe, which means &quo . . .