Preserving the Ojibwe Language in Upper Michigan

A piece of land in Michigan's Upper Peninsula that sticks out into Lake Superior, forming a peninsula of its own, the Keweenaw Peninsula. Next to it, is a bay with the same name. The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (or KIBC) is an Ojibwe tribe or band located along the shores of the Keweenaw Bay near the towns of Baraga and L'Anse.

 
[caption id="attachment_5645" align="aligncenter" width="938"] The yellow arrow points to Baraga, Michigan and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community.[/caption]

 

ABC-10, the TV station in the area, recently did a piece about the Ojibwe Language Nest, a preschool that teaches the Ojibwe language, Anishinaabemowin.



 

An excellent collection of links for Anishinaabemowin/Ojibwe was compiled by weshki-ayaad.

Father Baraga, also known as "the snowshoe priest," is the author of one of probably the most famous Ojibwe/English dictionaries. It was completed in 1853 and can be accessed here thanks to the Wisconsin State Historical Society.