All Native Americans, including the #Ojibwe, became U.S. citizens in 1924. Until this time, #Ojibwe could attain citizenship through marriage to a non-Native American or by serving in World War I.
Mashkawizi = S/he is strong
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Bine = Ruffed grouse
Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #grouse #partridge
Ozhitamaw = Make/build something for someone
Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #Build #make
Anishinaabewaki = Native land
Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #Native #land
#Birds are #mediators between #mortals and #Immortals. The #eagle plays this role in #Ojibwe culture. #Eagles carry our #prayers to the #Creator on our behalf.
Today, I could not believe my luck-- I was out back, and I kept hearing the faintest #eagle #cry. Finally, I #LOOKUP #birding #birdwatching
The evaporator station. A wood burning evaporator boils the sap. A holding tank sits above the evaporator.
A very full collection bag filled with maple sap.
A full bucket of sap.
A closeup view of the boiling sap in the evaporator.
Maple syrup time. It’s been a good sugar bush so far this year. #maplesyrup #sugarbush #ojibwe
Makadewaabate = It emits black smoke
Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #black #smoke
"What the Peepers Say" by Margaret Noodin, on Forgotten Ground Regained, a poem in both English and Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe)
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Daashkiga’an = Split wood
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Ingodwaak = 100
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Miskwaa Niigaan = Red Future
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Aniibiishaabookewinini-oodena = Chinatown
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(From Brendan Fairbanks' dissertation on discourse markers)
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Zhaaboobiibinige = S/he filters a liquid
Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #filter
because the #Ojibwe used maple sugar or maple syrup as a seasoning, during the late spring they lived near maple sugar trees
Wiikwedong = A bay
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In traditional #Ojibwe culture, an individual lived in a band and was a member of a clan. Most people from the same clan shared a common ancestor on their father's side of the family. Some clans were matrilineal, and children were affiliated with their mother's clan.
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Bagizo = S/he swims
Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #swim
Chiefs had official assistants, including messengers and orators. Civil chiefs could also summon the council of elders to request assistance. Councils of chiefs and elders from a number of bands met to discuss major decisions that would affect more than one band #Ojibwe
Atoobaan = Water tank, large container for liquid
Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #water #tank
Zhiiwaagamiziganaaboo = Maple sap
Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/@anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #maple #sap
The School District of Bayfield serves Bayfield, Madeline Island, & the Red Cliff #Ojibwe Nation, of which 83% of students are tribal members.
The District is expanding #agriculture programming into middle & high school to support #foodsovereignty learning, #nutrition knowledge, and ag careers.
Bagidinise = S/he puts wood on the fire
Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/@anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #wood #fire
Why do we share an Ojibwe word every day?
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Tayaa = “Oh my goodness” (expression of surprise, alarm, or disgust)
Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/@anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #surprise #goodness
In this activity, students use spatial reasoning and Ojibwe terms like Ishpimiing (Up) and Niisi'I (Down) to navigate a syllabics chart and reveal secret words. Check out this free resource! #MathEd #Ojibwe #RobertsonProgram www.oise.utoronto.ca/robertson/le...
Ombigamizige = S/he boils maple sap
Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/@anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #maple #boil
In the mid-seventeenth century there were approximately 35,000 #Ojibwe in North America.