sarah jackson

Waterer & Elder Storyteller

Ojibwe culture is an everyday thing. It’s teh minute you wake up and then go to sleep. it’s there. that’s what I teach my grandchildren.

Sarah Jackson is a life long resident of Inger Minnesota, a small village of 77 persons located on the Leech Lake Reservation. She is well known for making regalia, caring for her many grandchildren and being a keeper of a drum.

Her granddaughter Bezhigo Binesiikwens (Luna Jackson) recorded this interview and help prepare the teachings as shared below.



Sarah jackson / Leech Lake Elder / full interview


Audiograms

becoming a drum keeper

drum songs

dewing regalia

my father had a dream