Our first book, “Keewaydinoquay, Stories From My Youth” edited by Lee Boisvert, has been named a Notable Michigan book for 2007
by the Library of Michigan Foundation. The work to do this was supported by a grant from the Michigan Humanities Council, which is
a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. It was published by The University of Michigan Press
in 2006, and available in libraries and book stores everywhere. It can also be ordered on-line.
“The Work of Keewaydinoquay” is currently in process and will be available 2009.
This work was also supported by a grant from
the Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for Humanities, and The Leelanau Historical Society and the
Elk Rapids Historical Society are both sponsoring organizations. We offer our deepest gratitude.
It is an amazing opportunity to have
a second grant from Michigan Humanities Council to prepare a book about the adult life of Keewaydinoquay Margaret Peschel. This
book will focus on the works of her life… the contributions that she made to the cultural landscape of Michigan.
Keewaydinoquay was given a 1975 State Enviromental Conservation Education Award by NACD and was declared a National Treasure
by the Prairie Earth Foundation in 1999.
She taught about the gifts and potentialities that each of us is given and how everyone’s contributions are needed. All humans once lived close to Mother Earth, and their lives were intertwined with all Life around them-earth based religions. Life was based on living within the reciprocity that is essential for survival of All.