Debajehmujig Storytellers

De-ba-jeh-mu-jig (Storytellers in Ojicree), is an Indigenous professional, community based, non-profit multi-arts organization based in Wiikwemkoong, Unceded Territory on beautiful Manitoulin Island. The collective is dedicated to sharing and educating about the Anishnaabek language, culture and heritage through original creative expression with Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. They create original work based on an Anishnaabe worldview and build bridges between cultures, generations, and territories. Connecting through ancestral knowledge, traditional stories and storytelling, traditional teachings, ceremony, protocol and art builds bridges of understanding, acceptance and connection across cultures and generations. The cultural arts animator is defined by its foundation in the indigenous culture from which the animator originates. An animator is a dedicated artist with a high standard or artistic excellence, executed through engaged relationships with professional and community peers - to result in a community celebration of multi art creativity, personal and community identity, and the resources within the immediate environment, within all four kingdoms. Our goal is the interface enhancing the understanding between cultures.