Awanibiisaa is the Ojibwe word for "misty rain." It might have been one of the many words learned by the 400-some people who gathered for last week's Ojibwe Immersion Camp in Sawyer. Then again, maybe ...

This September, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa author and language advocate James Vukelich Kaagegaabaw is set to release his highly anticipated children’s book, Wisdom Weavers: Explore the Ojibwe ...

Nov. 8—CLOQUET — For Michelle Goose, an Anishinaabe language instructor at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, land and the languages that developed on it are intertwined. You can't fully ...

An endangered language spoken mostly by an elderly population can now be heard from the mouths of kindergartners in a room at Lowell Elementary School. There are 12 students in the new Ojibwe ...

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DULUTH, Minn. -- An endangered language spoken mostly by an elderly population can now be heard out of the mouths of kindergarteners in a room at Duluth’s Lowell Elementary School this year. There are ...

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 ...

BEMIDJI, Minn.—Classrooms in the Bemidji School District are getting some new names—in Ojibwe. Dozens of signs featuring words in Ojibwe are being made by five students at Bemidji High School and will ...

Carol Nickaboine pulls out a three-ring binder full of pictures and words, ready to teach the 4-year-olds plopped in front of her a lesson in their native language. ‘What is this?’ she asks, pointing ...

[imgbelt img=ojibweprimer320.jpg]In Bemidji, Minnesota, a town with a history of angry race relations, a few well-placed Ojibwe words have opened the way for mutual trust and respect. Anton Treuer of ...

Anyone who’s seen the original 1977 “Star Wars: A New Hope” can recognize the blaring brass fanfare of its iconic theme song. But in a new version of the film, screening at Minnesota theaters this ...