Land, family, responsibility, and economics: what would economics look like through the lens of Indigenous love?
The Anishinaabe concept of Zaagi’idiwin captures the cycle of nourishment between land and water. A river’s tributaries draw nutrients from far-reaching corners of a watershed, bring them together in the channel and distribute them at the estuary that feeds the lake or ocean that the river runs into. Zaagi’idiwin is a concept of Indigenous love which evokes the diversity of forms that love can take and the many ways love can nourish.

Valentines Zaagi’idiwin is a public discussion on Indigenous concepts of love. This event is meant to highlight Indigenous knowledge and voices in western holidays that are commonly celebrated. The goal of these events is to expand our ideas of love and ways we celebrate holidays with our family and community.

Co-hosted by IISAAK OLAM Foundation and the Indigenomics Institute, the fourth annual Valentines Zaagi’idiwin event celebrates the 40th anniversary of the 1984 Meares Island Tribal Park declaration and explores the question: what would economics look like through the lens of Indigenous love?

The event is free and online. It will be live-streamed via FB Live and Zoom!