Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak

In Episode 3 of Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak, host Erik Redix talks with Ojibwe Language teacher Martina Wigwas, who is from Gull Bay First Nations, Ontario. Martina talks about her holistic approach to teaching, incorporating language lessons that are relevant to Ojibwe traditional skills, family life and cultural traditions. Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak is a partnership between the Grand Portage...

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak Episode 2-- Host Erik Redix continues his conversation with Maajiigwaneyaash – Dr. Gordon Jourdain. He shares his family's connection to relatives in Grand Portage and relates the history of the once vital Anishinaabe village that was located at the center of what is now Quetico Park. Maajigwaneyaash also discusses the spiritual significance of Ojibwemowin–the Ojibwe l...

Welcome to Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak Episode 1, with host Erik Redix. In this inaugural episode, Language Specialist Maajigwaneyaash--Dr. Gordon Jourdain--shares the linguistic origin of “Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak,” and relates it to the importance of radio communications when he was growing up at Lac La Croix First Nations. He then gives the deeper meaning of bizindaw–the act of listening....