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Language Preservation

Instructors Mary Moose (center) Fort Albany First Nation, joins with Nate Johnson (top right in plaid) and Zac Earley (in green on right) in leading a rabbit-skinning activity at the Great Lakes Indigenous Farming Conference in March 2022 in Minnesota. Earley, White Earth Ojibwe, is co-director, with his fiance Kaitlyn Grenier, of the nonprofit Manidoo Ogitigaan organization, which provides classes in language and traditional knowledge.  (Photo courtesy of Kaitlyn Grenier)
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How to skin a rabbit and other traditional knowledge

By Dan NinhamJun 20, 2022
The Red Lake Nation College language team won the inaugural Epiitendaagwak Ojibwemowin Quiz Bowl for students with less than two years of Ojibwe classes at the Meshkwadoonigeng Tribal College Student Competition held April 21-22, 2022, in Bemidji, Minnesota. Shown are team members, from left, Fawn Beaulieu and her twin sister, Dawn Beaulieu; Rebecca Pederson; Mitch Johnson Jr.; and Lucas Bratvold, Ojibwe, a Red Lake Nation College instructor who served as the team coach. (Photo by Dan Ninham for Indian Country Today)
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‘Lighting a fire’ to preserve the language

By Dan NinhamMay 30, 2022
Cherokee Nation citizen Chris Griffith, right, and his wife, Shari Aronson, play character Dagsi Turtle and Jisdu Wabbit in a production that shares the Cherokee language. They own the company Z Puppets Rosenschnoz based in Minneapolis. (Courtesy photo via Cherokee Phoenix)
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Artists use their skills to teach Native languages

By The Associated PressMar 29, 2022
Anton Treuer, an Ojibwe author, speaker and professor, interacts with students while teaching his advanced Ojibwe class at Bemidji State University in Minnesota. Treuer is a leading scholar in preserving and expanding the use of the Ojibwe language. (Photo courtesy of Bemidji State University)
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Anton Treuer: Keeping the Ojibwe language alive

By Dan NinhamFeb 14, 2022