The Ojibwe, or Anishinaabe, people have faced enemies familiar to Indigenous people worldwide: Colonialism and imperialism. In North America, these forces arrived in the form of westward European ...

CLOQUET, Minn. — Persia Erdrich’s son had just turned 2 years old when he spoke his first sentence in Ojibwe. The pair were visiting the Minnesota Zoo as part of a group of babies, toddlers, parents ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mille Lacs Band and Rosetta Stone's Endangered Languages Program used tribal members' knowledge and authentic cultural ...

Reg Chapman joined WCCO-TV in May of 2009. He came to WCCO from WNBC-TV in New York City where he covered an array of stories for the station including the Coney Island plane crash, the crane collapse ...

One thing you won’t find at the annual Language Camp at the Kiwenz Campground in Sawyer is a strict schedule. In fact, a request for precise Ojibwe camp event times was met with smiles from organizers ...

Teacher Diana Lawrey's high school Ojibwe language classes were a little nervous to visit a Lowell Elementary kindergarten classroom on May 25. The high schoolers were afraid of "being shown up" by ...

The importance of a Native Nation’s language stands paramount to many Native Americans — and this year, programs have been created in schools across the northland to support Ojibwe language learning.

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 ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe, it left a jarring impact on all aspects of life. For the Ojibwe nation which had already been struggling with revitalizing its language, the pandemic ...

A video game is helping people experience the Ojibwe culture in a new way. "Reclaim!" was designed by Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia to make learning Ojibwe immersive and accessible. "We wanted to ...

Dustin Morrow, a student earning his master’s degree in linguistics at the University of Minnesota, remembers the first time he heard someone casually speaking Ojibwe. He was 25 years old and ...