“Maang Doodem / Loon Clan.” Acrylic and ink painting by Sam Zimmerman (Zhaawanoogiizhik), January 2020. Used with the permission of Sam Zimmerman. Featured in Following My Spirit Home: A Collection of Paintings and Stories (Minnesota Historical Society, 2022), 42–43. Zimmerman writes in that book, “I envisioned a maang family swimming along the shore. He is breaking the surface to answer his mate’s call, his mate carrying their young chick on his back. I went with softer brush strokes for the sky to capture a more calm and peaceful scene.”

A diagram of the seven Anishinaabe doodem (clans) featuring the maang (loon) at the top.

Ona Kingbird teaching Anishinaabemowin (the Ojibwe language) to students at the Heart of the Earth Survival School, November 28, 1972. From the Minneapolis and St. Paul newspaper negatives collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

After the occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, Dennis Banks (at microphone) and other AIM leaders hold a news conference with US Senator Walter Mondale (right) on May 21, 1971. From the Minneapolis and St Paul newspaper negatives collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

On May 17, 1971, AIM activists scaled a fence to begin their occupation of the Twin Cities Naval Air Station. From the Minneapolis and St Paul newspaper negatives collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

Sarah Bad Heart Bull (center, wearing glasses) confronts law enforcement officers on the steps of the courthouse in Custer, South Dakota, 1973. From box 3 (152.B.11.3B) of Wounded Knee Legal Defense / Offense Committee records, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Dennis Banks (left), Russell Means (center), and David Hill (right) inside the courthouse in Custer, South Dakota, 1973. From box 3 (152.B.11.3B) of Wounded Knee Legal Defense / Offense Committee records, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

American Indian Movement (AIM) activists confront law enforcement officers in Custer, South Dakota, February 6, 1973. From box 3 (152.B.11.3B) of Wounded Knee Legal Defense / Offense Committee records, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Totidutawin (also known as Catherine) and her son Tonwaniteton (also known as Lorenzo Lawrence), ca. 1880s. Both were important Dakota leaders in the Lac qui Parle Mission community.