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Ojibwemowin Numbers 1-10

We all should have about ten fingers. Now you can learn how to count them in ojibwe starting from 1-10. Practice it enough and you’ll be able to do it backwards!

Ojibwe Language Lesson VAI Imperative

Ayo, got your Anishinaabemowin verbs down? Now heres a video to better help you use them in commands. From “you eat” to Lets all eat”. now you can tell me what to do in Ojibwe.

The Importance of Ojibwe Language Revitalization

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/the-importance-of-ojibwe-language-revitalization-115692 This article informs us about the importance of revitalizing the ojibwe Language and what people are trying to do to make sure this happens.

Ojibwe language Lesson Weather Terms

Now do you want to be an Anishinaabemowin weather man and/or woman. Well look no further because I’ve got a video to share with you. Here in the video it easily explains weather terms and how to properly use them. Now you can tell me how hot it is outside in Ojibwe!

Ojibwe Camp near Lake Superior.

http://cloquetfamilies.areavoices.com/2011/06/24/ojibwe-camp-in-sawyer-teaches-more-than-words/ An Ojbwe camp near Lake Superior in Minnesota. “Sawyer promises more than Ojibwe vocabulary words and spelling lessons. The four-day camp itself will be a lesson in all things Ojibwe, from attitude to native crafts to cooking Indian corn soup with ashes, plus canoe races and other contests that teach skills valued by the […]

150-year-old letters give voice to Dakota prisoners

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/01/19/dakota-tribe-letters Clifford Canku teaches Dakota language at North Dakota State University in Fargo. He has spent the past 10 years, working with other Dakota elders, translating 50 letters written by Dakota prisoners of war in the 1860s. by Dan Gunderson, Minnesota Public Radio January 19, 2011 Minnesota Public Radio ©2013 All rights reserved

Online Ojibwe Language Program from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

http://www.uwec.edu/Flang/academics/ojibwe/index.htm Anyone can watch our live or archived classes for free! UW-Eau Claire offers beginning and intermediate Ojibwe. These courses can be used to fulfill the foreign language requirement for a baccalaureate degree.

Ojibwe Langauge Table

http://www.boisforte.com/OjibweLanguageTable.htm Ayo! If your in the twin cites area and need a little brushing up on your ojibwe skills you might want to check this out. Now there is a Free Ojibwe language table on monday nights, open to the public, and potluck. Now it seems to me that this is a pretty good deal […]

Wicoie Nandagikendan Early Childhood Urban Immersion Project

http://earlychildpro.org/wicoie-nandagikendan-2/ Wicoie Nandagikendan Early Childhood Urban Immersion Project is a 3-hour-a-day preschool. it helps build integral connections between education, culture, and literacy. The program has been going since January 2006 through a grant from ANA. The children are the future of Native languages, and its crucial for them to know and understand the language at […]

Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Immersion School

Home Here a great example of a very successful Ojibwe Immersion Program located on the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe reservation. Not only are students are learning there basic school education, but also becoming well versed in Ojibwemowin.