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Revitalizing our Biigtigong dialect of Nishnaabemwin

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    • Placenames Reclamation Project
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List of People

You can browse a list of people who are working on the Biigtigong Language Project.

From Chief-and-Council

Chief-and-Council discuss Biigtigong language project

Chief-and-Council discuss the ongoing community efforts to reconstruct and revitalize our Biigtigong dialect of the Nishnaabe language.

How We Say
• How we say 'Biigtigong.'
• How we say some aadsookaan-related words.
• How we say Hattie Cove.
• How we say mouth of the Pic River.
• How we say The Pic River.
 
At Moose Camp 2013

Stan Bouchie at Moose Camp 2013

Elder Stan Bouchie, at the start of the Biigtigong Language Project (Moose Camp 2013), speaking about our Nishnaabe language and identity, and about hard work and commitment.

Dan Goodchild

Dan Goodchild exemplified leadership. He understood the importance of taking an active role in the well-being of our community...

Lawrence Desmoulin

Lawrence Desmoulin was a celebrated storyteller. He freely shared the meanings and teachings embedded in our Nishnaabe way of life through the telling and retelling of our sacred stories...

Moses Fisher

Moses Fisher was a strong advocate for, and practioner of, our Nishnaabe spiritual ways. In the face of calculated assaults on our Nishnaabe way of living, Moses continued to practice our traditional ways...

Moses Starr

Much of Moses Starr's life was spent on the water. He had a profound respect for, and intimate knowledge of, Gchigam (Lake Superior) and the waterways in our Biigtigong territory...

Mike Goodchild

Mike Goodchild was known to have a wonderful sense of humor. He especially enjoyed pulling pranks...

Ernest Otis

Ernest Otis was known to have a wonderful sense of humor. He especially enjoyed pulling pranks...

Louis Goodchild

Louis Goodchild was a visionary and a man of action. The hundreds of hours he spent documenting his life story was done for his family and for the "rest of the Indians to come"...


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