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Anishinaabemowin Mashkawendamang

Anishinaabemowin Mashkawendamang. Dr. Anton Treuer Bemidji State University. All you people who study Indians, study that!. Giboozhoo’ininim. Wiinzowin Doodem Ishkonigan Giishpin wii-anishinaabewiyang nawaj…. Language Imbeds Meanings. Nii yaw e’enh (My Namesake) Nii yaw (My Body)

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Anishinaabemowin Mashkawendamang

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  1. AnishinaabemowinMashkawendamang Dr. Anton Treuer Bemidji State University

  2. All you people who study Indians, study that!

  3. Giboozhoo’ininim • Wiinzowin • Doodem • Ishkonigan • Giishpin wii-anishinaabewiyang nawaj…

  4. Language Imbeds Meanings • Niiyawe’enh (My Namesake) • Niiyaw (My Body) • Gichi-aya’aa (Elder) • Mindimooyenh (Female Elder) • Ode’imin (Strawberry) • Oodena (Village) • Dewe’igan (Drum) • Doodem (Clan) • Giboodiyegwaazonag (Pants) • Mazinaatesijigan (Television)

  5. Pierre Trudeau & Rene Levesque • If you no longer speak your language and no longer practice your culture, then you have no right to demand aboriginal rights from us, because you are assimilated with the ruling class. First Ministers of Canada Conference, 1983

  6. Obama’s Criteria for Tribal Recognition by United Nations • Living Language • Living Identifiable Culture • Sovereign Landbase

  7. Ojibwe Fluency in MN & WI • Red Lake, 400 • Mille Lacs, 150 • Leech Lake, 90 • Nett Lake, 20 • White Earth, 15 • Grand Portage, 3 • Fond du Lac, 0 • St. Croix, 25 • Lac Courte Oreilles, 10 • Lac du Flambeau, 3 • Bad River, 1 • Red Cliff, 1 • Mole Lake, 0

  8. Importance of Language • Identity (Blood, Place, Culture, LANGUAGE) • Culture • Ceremony • Sovereignty • History • Literature • Economy • Health

  9. Community Struggle • Violence • Health • Education • Economic Opportunity • Drug & Alcohol Abuse

  10. Community Solution • Maori • Hawaii • Blackfeet, Crow, Mohawk • Waadookodaading • Niigaane

  11. Resistance • English Only Laws • Lack of Awareness, Involvement, Commitment • Valuing Otherness – Colonized Minds (Tobacco, Food, Alcohol, Poverty, Indian Time) • Cultural Disconnection • Funding • Need for Resources

  12. Resource Tool Box • Get Informed on Your Resources (Speakers & Materials) • Get Informed About What Does Work (Immersion, Grammar, Standard Ortho) • Don’t Re-invent the Wheel (Acquire Everything That’s Already Here, Clearing House) • COMMIT – Just Do It — the fire within

  13. What Can I Do? • Self Education – Language & Culture • Advocacy – Language & Culture Awareness & Program Building • Teach - Immersion • Culture Based Social Work • Culture Based Treatment • Funding Initiatives • Vote • Parent

  14. You can do it, whatever it is, in the language.

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