Ge Objikaaziiyimba Maampii Temigad (Resources)

Gatherings by Date

• Michigan Indian Educational Council (2008 Native American Critical Issues Conference) (March 13-15, 2008)
• Anishinaabemowin Teg (March 27-30, 2008)
• Native American Literature Symposium (March 27-29, 2008)
• World Languages Day at Michigan State University (April 12, 2008)
Click here to read and hear more about the 2007 World Language Day
• 15th Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium (May 2-3, 2008)
• Anishinaabemowin Language and Culture Camp (July 25-27, 2008)
• Bkejwanong Waa-zhi-nishnaabemong - Bkejwanong Language Conference (August 5-7, 2008)
• Center for the Study of Indigenous Border Issues (August 13-15, 2008)
• 5th Annual Indigenous Law Conference (October 10-11, 2008)
• Michigan Indigenous Language Standards (Next Date To Be Determined)

Pow Wows

• 36th Annual Dance for Mother Earth Pow Wow (April 5-6, 2008)
• Ann Arbor Pow Wow Assignment (PDF file)
• Ann Arbor Pow Wow Information Sheet (History and Description) (PDF file)

Organizations

• 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
• 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
• Michigan World Language Association
• Nokomis Learning Center
• Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas
• Society of American Indian Government Employees (SAIGE)
• Ziibiwing Center

Curriculum/Education

• Anishinaabemowin Grammar Site (Rand Valentine's Site)
• Anishinaabemowin Language Site
• CLAC: Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum
• Flash Card Exchange
• Kenny Pheasant's Anishinaabemdaa Site
• Michigan Department of Education World Languages Standards and Benchmarks
• 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
• Niigaan Media
• 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
• 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

Publications

• Turtle Talk Press

Anishinaabe Nations by State or Province

• 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
• Lower Sioux
• Mille Lacs
• Prairie Island
• Red Lake
• Sandy Lake Band
• Shapkopee Mdewakanton
• Upper Sioux
• 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
• Summary of First Nations in Ontario
• 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/Radio

• WOJB 88.9 FM - Woodland Community Public Radio

Music

• Four Winds Women's Drum Group
• 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)

Textbooks and Dictionaries

• A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe by Earl Nyholm and John D. Nichols, University of Minnesota Press

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.
• 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.

Visual Stories and Humor

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