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 ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 11—CLOQUET — People packed the seats in the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College's amphitheater for the seventh annual ...

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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 ...

Here in Onigamiising, we are in the middle of the great Ojibwe Nation, which includes northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, upper Michigan, large areas of Canada north of us and some areas of North Dakota ...

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 ...