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Black Ash

Ojibwe Name:

baapaagimaak

Scientific Name:

Fraxinus nigra

Significance in Ojibwe Cultures:

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How to Identify the Leaves:

"A smaller tree with a narrow crown, it has light grey bark that is soft and cork-like when young, becoming scaly with age. Oval leaflets on a central stalk are deep green and hairless. Full leaves, as opposed to single leaflets, tend to drop in the fall."

Sources:

Translation: https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/baapaagimaak-na
Image: https://www.ontario.ca/page/black-ash
How to Identify Tree: https://www.ontario.ca/page/black-ash

Land Acknowledgment

We would like to acknowledge that we are located on ancestral lands, the traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishinaabe covered by the Williams Treaties. This area, known to the Anishinaabe as “Gidaaki”, has been inhabited for thousands of years – as territories for hunting, fishing, gathering and growing food.

For thousands of years Indigenous people have been the stewards of this place. The intent and spirit of the treaties that form the legal basis of Canada bind us to share the land “for as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the rivers flow”.