In Aapdeg Nwii-miizii (I Have to Poop), WaaWaa immersion video actress Debbie Crosson debuts with the voice of John Paul Montano.
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Biigtigong Language Project
The Biigtigong Nishnaabeg Smart Cities Team will be giving our final presentation today, in Ottawa, from 1:35 pm to 1:40 pm.
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Steve Twance has very generously shared his time in order to gift us with three phrase pages. In addition to hearing Steve’s recorded audio, you can also read the English translations of everything that he recorded for you.
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Jean Moses generously took some time to visit with us about beading. She has recorded some Biigtigong-dialect phrases which we hope are useful to you when you’re doing crafts.
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Chief-and-Council discuss the ongoing community efforts to reconstruct and revitalize our Biigtigong dialect of the Nishnaabe language.
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 exemplified leadership. He understood the importance of taking an active role in the well-being of our community...
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 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...
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 was known to have a wonderful sense of humor. He especially enjoyed pulling pranks...
Ernest Otis was known to have a wonderful sense of humor. He especially enjoyed pulling pranks...
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"...