Dictionary
We gratefully acknowledge that:
(1) All of the “PN” notations in the Biigtigong dictionary indicate that the source of that particular Nishnaabe entry comes from the full-vowel spelling of that word in Patricia Ningewance‘s Zagataagan dictionary (Vols. 1 and 2); and
(2) All of the “OP” notations in the Biigtigong dictionary indicate that the source of that particular Nishnaabe entry comes from the full-vowel spelling of that word in the Ojibwe People’s Dictionary; and
(3) All of the following Biigtigong elders and published works were consulted in the reconstruction of our Biigtigong verb conjugation charts:
• Baraga, Frederic. 1878. A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language . . . A Second Edition by a Missionary of the Oblates. Montreal: Beauchemin and Valois.
• Deschamps, Caroline. Personal interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Desmoulin, Daryl. Personal interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Desmoulin, Lina. Personal interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Desmoulin, Nancy. Personal interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Fisher, Arthur. Personal interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Fisher, Cindy. Personal interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Goodchild, Collette. Personal interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Goodchild, Proddy. Personal interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Michano, Alvina. Personal and telephone interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Michano, Arnold. Personal interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Michano, Brian. Personal interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Michano, Duncan, Jr. Personal interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Michano, Myra. Personal interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Montano, John Paul. 2004. Noondam Project. Brimley: BMCC Nishnaabemwin Pane Immersion Program.
• Moses, Irene. Personal interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Moses, Pauline. Personal interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Nabigon, Thelma. Personal interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Nichols, John D. 1980. Ojibwe Morphology. PhD dissertation, Harvard University.
• Ningewance, Patricia. 2004. Talking Gookom’s Language: Learning Ojibwe. Lac Seul: Mazinaate Press.
• Starr, Mabel. Personal interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Twance, Cecil. Personal and telephone interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Tyance, Margaret. Personal interviews. 01 Sep. 2013 through 21 Mar. 2016.
• Valentine, Randolph J. 2001. Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
