In Episode 18, Erik Redix talks with Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nations elder and first speaker Nancy Jones. She shares stories about netting whitefish, weaving and caring for nets, and traditional ways of storing food for the winter. She also talks about how winter nights are an important part of teaching and learning about the night sky and predicting the weather, based on animal sounds and other observations.

WTIP's Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak is produced in partnership with the Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe.

In Episode 17 we are joined by professor and author Anton Treuer, Ojibwe Language Instructor at Bemidji State University. He and Erik Redix talk about the various tools available to language learners, introduces us to the structure of morphemes (root words) in Ojibwemowin and gives the definitive answer to the question, “Is Ojibwe the most difficult language to learn in the world?”

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak is a production of WTIP, and is produced in partnership with the Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe and the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

What is the current state of Ojibwe Language revitalization? In Episode 16 of Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak, host Erik Redix discusses this question with Bemidji State University Ojibwe Language Professor Anton Treuer. He shares some examples of how the Ojibwe language conveys a uniquely descriptive world view and leaves us pondering the role that language revitalization plays in defining who we are as Ojibwe people.

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak is a production of WTIP, and is produced in partnership with the Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe and the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

For Episode 15, we’re once again joined by Maajigwaneyaash, Dr. Gordon Jourdain. In this episode Dr. Jourdain talks about seasonal traditions like harvesting manoomin and maple sap, and gathering firewood, in preparation for biboon–winter.

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak is produced by WTIP Community Radio, in partnership with the Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe.

In Episode 14 of Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak, we welcome Maajigwaneyaash, Dr. Gordon Jourdain. He shares the story of how his great-great grandfather walked from Lac La Croix First Nations to Fort Francis, Ontario to trade furs. Maajigwaneyaash also shares the great importance of Thunder Bay to Ojibwe speaking Anishinaabe people.

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak is a partnership between the Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe and WTIP.

Karen Drift is a Nett Lake elder and first language speaker of Ojibwemowin. She talks to program host Erik Redix about the Ojibwe naming ceremony and the role that dreams and visions play in giving a baby an Ojibwe name. She also speaks about the importance of learning and speaking the Ojibwe language all throughout one’s life–from childhood to the end of a person’s life.

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak is a production of WTIP, and is produced in partnership with the Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe and the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Manoominike daa! Let’s go ricing! In this segment, Erik speaks with Nett Lake elder Karen Drift and her grandson Perry, about the ricing tradition. She shares stories about ricing at Nett Lake when she was a girl, the Ojibwe words and phrases for this annual tradition and talks about the role of dreams in predicting the rice harvest in the fall.

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak is supported by the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe and the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

We continue our conversation with Karen Drift, elder from Nett Lake and life-long Ojibwe language teacher and learner. In this episode she explains the many ways of teaching the language, shares some family history about her grandmother Rose Beargrease and explains why efforts toward language preservation and revitalization are so important.

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak is a production of WTIP, and is produced in partnership with the Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe and the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

In Episode 10 of Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak, Erik Redix speaks with Nett Lake elder Karen Drift, who shares late-winter Naniboujou stories about how birds chose their colors long ago, how the snake and the frog showed the Anishinaabe people where to find medicine to treat Poison Ivy and how the Red Willow got its name.

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak is a partnership between the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe and WTIP Community Radio. The series is funded in part by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

In Episode 9 of Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak, Dr. Gordon Jourdain talks with Erik about preparing for the arrival of a new baby and the cultural significance of the naming ceremony. Pictured is Maajigwaneyaash, Dr. Gordon Jourdain.

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak is a partnership between the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe and WTIP Community Radio. The series is funded in part by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.