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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

RED LAKE, MINN. – Fourth-grader Jaxon Prentice, sitting on a couch in the radio station studio, hides his smile behind a pillow on his lap when he hears his voice first hit the airwaves. “You’re ...

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.

Throughout the month of November the Superior Douglas County Family YMCA has been celebrating and hosting various classes to enhance the learning of Native American culture. One of which was to honor ...

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Shirley Boyd, a member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, is a fluent Ojibwe speaker. She participated in the band’s project with Rosetta Stone to create a learning program to help teach the Ojibwe ...