WTIP North Shore Community Radio

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak

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Boozhoo Anishinaabedoog! Welcome to Anishinaabe Radio! Hosted by Erik Redix, Ojibwe Language Coordinator for the Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe, Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak features Ojibwe first speakers telling stories in English and Ojibwemowin—the Ojibwe Language. Produced by Staci Drouillard, Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak is a partnership between the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe and WTIP Community Radio and is funded in part by the MN Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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Episodes

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak Episode 3 - "Ojibwe Language Teacher Martina Wigwas" 04.02.2025 27:37

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 - "Lac LaCroix Anishinaabeg and Quetico Park" 04.02.2025 28:01

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...

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak Episode 1 - "The Act of Listening" 04.02.2025 28:56

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....