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A table with a label reading "Maadagindan Book Club". Several books are on display on the table, including "Little Moons", "Nibi's Water Song", and "Warrior Girl Unearthed".

Maadagindan – Start Reading

Maadagindan is an online book club for adults that explores Ojibwe culture and the Great Lakes through children’s books written by Native authors.

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About Our Book Club

Maadagindan – Start Reading is an online book club for parents, teachers, educators or anyone that loves to read to children. The book club focuses on Ojibwe culture and the Great Lakes. We meet seasonally, 4 times in the ziigwan (spring) and 4 times in the dagwaagin (autumn), to discuss the current book selections in a conversation led by an honored Native guest.

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Current Season – Fall 2026

All meetings scheduled for 4:30 pm central time on Zoom.

The cover of "A Guide to Understanding Ojibwe Treaty Rights": seven animals representing the members of an 1849 Ojibwe delegation to Washington, on a birchbark background.

9/22/2026

Ojibwe Treaty Rights

A Guide to Understanding Ojibwe Treaty Rights contains pertinent treaties, discusses the nature of treaty rights, provides historical background on the treaty rights, and details tribal resource management and GLIFWC activities.

Cover of "Rez Ball": a young man with shaggy brown hair stands looking out at the viewer. He has a basketball under one arm and wears a red tank top. He stands in front of an orange tree losing its leaves and a pink and orange-clouded sky.

11/18/2026

Rez Ball

Tre Brun is a young athlete determined to play like the hero his community needs him to be. His older brother, Jaxon, died in an accident, and Tre wants to live up to his brother’s dreams and represent his Ojibwe rez, Red Lake Nation, all the way to their first basketball state championship – no matter how much the odds are stacked against him, and them.

Register for our Rez Ball discussion
Cover of "Ishkode: A Story of Fire": a small branch of blueberries, a twig with green pine needles, and a pinecone sit at the heart of an orange and yellow fire. The background is a mix of browns and oranges evoking more fire.

12/16/2026

Ishkode: A Story of Fire

When an invitation arrives from the forest, what will you hear? What will you learn? How will you respond?

Ishkode: A Story of Fire invites readers into a beautiful stand of ancient red pines where Aanikoobijigan, a grandmother red pine who has witnessed centuries of connection between people, fire, and the land, guides a young woman, Animikiimiikanikwe, toward healing and renewal.

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Past Seasons

Find the list of books we’ve previously read and information about each book, including author and illustrator bios and discussion questions.

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Learn More with Us

We are always learning about Indigenous children’s books and Native culture. We invite you to learn with us. Check out resources about Indigenous children’s books, Native-owned bookstores in the US and Canada, recommended books for adults, and our community reading list.

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Cover of "Bud Finds Her Gift": a young girl kneels with her dog among blooming flowers and butterflies.

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Or check out our list of past seasons and the books we’ve read.

Upcoming Meetings
Past Seasons