Faculty, students and the Department of American Indian Studies have recently launched a new online dictionary of the Ojibwe language. The Ojibwe People’s Dictionary is an online search engine of more ...

Tony Drews was excited when, in elementary school, he received his Ojibwe name, Chinoodin. His grandmother's cousin gave it to him, explaining that it was the name of Drews' great-great-grandmother ...

ONAMIA, Minnesota — Two decades ago, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe in east-central Minnesota had 145 fluent speakers of the Ojibwe language. By 2019, that number had dwindled to just 25. Then, ...

Language instructor Brian Kingfisher of the College of St. Scholastica navigates new ways of... Language instructor Brian Kingfisher of the College of St. Scholastica navigates new ways of teaching ...

At Lowell Elementary School, students are able to opt-in to learning Ojibwe through the school’s Misaabekong Ojibwe Immersion Program. “We’ve had this Ojibwe immersion program for eight years, so ...

University of Minnesota senior Jaeden King is on a mission. “What’s going to happen to us if we don’t know the language?” she declares. “I wish to connect with my elders. I feel like there’s a ...

Ojibwe language has been called by many names including Anishinaabemowin, Ojibwe, Ojibway, Ojibwa, Southwestern Chippewa, and Chippewa. It is a Central Algonquian language spoken by the Anishinaabe.

Minnesota First Nations is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart ...

The Star Wars universe was first introduced to audiences in 1977 with the film A New Hope (originally just titled Star Wars). There have of course been many more films, series, and books too many to ...

DASSEL — Each and every one of us is connected to our family past and future through an unbroken chain, and our actions have consequences that reverberate up and down that chain for generations to ...

What do you do? (job, community involvement): I am an Ojibwe immersion teacher with the Misaabekong Ojibwe Immersion Program. I currently teach a second and third grade split. I also take part in ...

Niigaanii-Animikii Kalvin Hartwig, who works as a language-culture coordinator for the Red Cliff Ojibwe Nation in northern Wisconsin, was invited by Disney to be a voice-over actor for a new edition ...