Honouring Our Collective Dream
On March 5th, we submitted our Smart Cities Challenge Final Proposal to Infrastructure Canada. Louis Goodchild wanted to record our aadsookaanan. On March 5th, we honoured Louis. Our language elders… [Read more]
Smart Cities – Gkendaasoo-gchi-oodenwan
On June 1, 2018, Prime Minister Trudeau and Infrastructure Minister Sohi announced that Biigtigong Nishnaabeg was selected as one of the five finalists in Canada’s Smart Cities Challenge. More than… [Read more]
Kimberly McWatch – Speaking Our Language at the Office
For this month’s phrase page, Kimberly McWatch has recorded some Biigtigong-dialect phrases which we hope are useful to you when you’re at the office – especially when you’re on the phone at work… [Read more]
Chief Duncan Michano Jr. – Reclaiming Our Place Names
There was an Elder, one time, who told a group of us … “If you let them name that mountain in another language, and you don’t know the name of that mountain in your own language, then they’ve already taken it from you… [Read more]