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Gatherings by Date / Tkweshkoodadying

• Native American Literature Symposium (March 4-6, 2010)
• Michigan Indian Educational Council (2010 Native American Critical Issues Conference) (March 2010)
• Anishinaabemowin Teg (March 25-28, 2010)
• World Languages Day at Michigan State University (April 17, 2010) | Learn More about the 2007 World Language Day
• Workshop on American Indigenous Languages (May 2010)
• 17th Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium (SILS) (June 17-20, 2010)
• 17th Annual Language and Culture Camp (July 23-25, 2010)
• Michigan Anishinaabemowin (Next Date: November 20, 2009)

Pow Wows

• 37th Annual Dance for Mother Earth Pow Wow (April 4-5, 2009 - at Saline Middle School)
• 2008 Ann Arbor Pow Wow Assignment (PDF file)
• Ann Arbor Pow Wow Information Sheet (History and Description) (PDF file)

Organizations / Naadamaadjig

• American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• American Indian Studies Program, Michigan State University
• Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition: Improving Language Teaching and Learning
• Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Culture
• Eni-gikendaasoyang, Moving Towards Knowledge Together at the University of Minnesota Duluth
• Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
• Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project at SOAS
• Heritage Languages in America
• Michigan World Language Association
• National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages
• Nokomis Learning Center
• Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas
• Society of American Indian Government Employees (SAIGE)
• University of Michigan Native American Law Student Associaton
• Ziibiwing Center

Curriculum & Education / Ezhi-Kinomaageying

• Anishinaabemowin Grammar Site (Rand Valentine's Site)
• Anishinaabemowin Language Site (Grammar resource)
• Canadian Tribute to Human Rights Languages Plaque
• Ciimaan Language Initiative Sustaining a vibrant Ojibwe language community in Toronto
• CLAC: Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum
• Flash Card Exchange
• Helen Roy's Site (Anishinaabe Language Books and Music CDs)
• Kenny Pheasant's Anishinaabemdaa Site
• Michigan Department of Education World Languages Standards and Benchmarks (PDF format)
• Naasaab Izhi-anishinaabebii'igeng - A Conference to Find a Common Anishinaabemowin Writing System
• National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC)
• National Geographic Enduring Voices - Saving Disappearing Languages
• National Museum of the American Indian Online Exhibitions
• Ningwakwe Learning Press
• Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori - Maori Language Commission
• The Gift of Language and Culture Project - Instructional Curriculum
• The Ontario Curriculum Grades 1 to 12 for Ojibwe and Cree, 2002 (PDF format)
• University of Minnesota's Department of American Indian Studies Online Resource Page (links to the U of Minn Ojibwe Language Society)
• Wetootwaag's Podcast Page
• White Bison

Anishinaabe Nations by State or Province / Anishinaabe Akiing

Michigan

• Bay Mills Chippewa Indians
• Burt Lake Band
• Grand Traverse Band
• Gun Lake Pottawatomi
• Hannahville Potawatomi
• Huron Potawatomi
• Keweenaw Bay Chippewa Indians
• Lac Vieux Desert Band
• Little River Band of Ottawa
• Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
• Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
• Saginaw Chippewa Tribe
• Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians

Minnesota

• Bois Fort (Nett Lake)
• Fond du Lac
• Grand Portage
• Leech Lake/Cass Lake
• Mille Lacs
• Red Lake
• Sandy Lake Band
• White Earth

Ontario

• Attawapiskat First Nation
• Bearskin Lake First Nation
• Fort Severn First Nation
• Kasabonika Lake First Nation
• Kee-Way-Win First Nation
• Koocheching First Nation
• M'Chigeeng First Nation
• North Caribou Lake First Nation
• Sachigo Lake First Nation
• Webequie First Nation
• Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve

Wisconsin

• Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
• Forest County Potawatomi Indian Community
• Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin (formerly Winnebago)
• Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
• Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
• Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
• Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
• Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
• Sokaogon Chippewa (Mole Lake) Community of Wisconsin
• St. Croix Chippewa Indians of WI
• Stockbridge Munsee Community of Wisconsin

Listening (Music and Radio) / Bizinidimaan Dwechigan

• WOJB 88.9 FM - Woodland Community Public Radio

Music

• HelenRoy.com
• Lyz Jaakola - Shinob Diva
• Ojibway Square Dance (Love Song) by Georgia Wettlin-Larsen from the Northern Exposure soundtrack available from Amazon.com or CD Universe (audio samples are available from both)

Publications / Gii Ezhibiigedaan

• Turtle Talk Press

Textbooks and Dictionaries

• A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe by Earl Nyholm and John D. Nichols, University of Minnesota Press
• Aaniin Ekiding / How Do You Say (Ojibwe dictionary from Minnesota)

Fiction and Poetry

• The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich, Hyperion Press

Children's Storybooks and Nonfiction

• Bial, Raymond. The Ojibwa. New York: Benchmark Books, 2000.
• Bruchac, Joseph. Circle of Thanks: Native American Poems of Songs and Thanksgiving. Bridgewater Books, 1996.
• Caduto, Michael & Joseph Bruchac. Keepers of the Animals: Native American Stories and Wildlife Activites. Fulcrum, 1997.
• Caduto, Michael & Joseph Bruchac. Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activites. Fulcrum, 1997
• Cornell, George L. and Gordon Henry Jr. North American Indians Today: Ojibwa. Philadelphia: Mason Crest Publishers, 2004.
• Deur, Lynne. Nishnawbe: A Story of Indians in Michigan. River Road Publications, Spring Lake, Michigan, 1989.
• Emory, Dean Keoke & Kay Marie Porterfield. American Indian Contributions to the World: 15,000 Years of Inventions and Innovations. Checkmark Books, 2003.
• LeBeau, Patrick. Rethinking Michigan Indian History. Michigan State University Press, East Lansing, 2005.
• O'Neill, Catherine and Margaret Bruchac. 1621 A New Look at Thanksgiving. National Geographic Society, 2004.
• Seale, Doris, Beverly Slapin, and Carolyn Silverman, eds. Thanksgiving: A Native Perspective. Oyate, 1998.
• Rossi, Ann. Cultures Collide: Native Americans and Europeans 1492 - 1700. National Geographic Society, 2004.
• Swamp, Chief Jake. Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message. Lee & Low, 1995

Visual Stories and Humor / Waa Naatese

• Plymouth Rock Cartoon by Jeff Parker (JPG format)
• Santa Visits the Rez Cartoon (JPG format)