EAST LANSING, Mich. — Anishinaabemowin was once the most widely spoken language in what is now Michigan. Today, census figures show there are fewer than 10,000 Anishinaabemowin speakers in the U.S.

MOUNT PLEASANT – It’s almost naptime in the toddler room at the preschool building known as the Sasiwaans, part of a cluster of buildings on the Isabella Indian Reservation. The lights dim, gentle ...

A new academic book about the native language of American Indian tribes in Northern Michigan is just published this month by Michigan State University Press. “Bawaajimo: A Dialect of Dreams in ...

Nov. 8—CLOQUET — For Michelle Goose, an Anishinaabe language instructor at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, land and the languages that developed on it are intertwined. You can't fully ...

The Ojibwe word for snow was a popular one as several Anishinaabe toddlers and their mothers and teachers trudged through the deep snow, the kids either delighting in last week's winter storm, or ...

The research center preserves a collection of historic records and documents related to the Native American bands that became the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, the website says, including ...

TRAVERSE CITY — The first language in the state of Michigan is Anishinaabemowin (also known as the Ojibwe/Ojibwa language, Ojiwbemowin). In fact, the word Michigan derives from Mishigamiing, which ...

Community Education Services worker Ray Cadotte, left, and Research Center Coordinator Anita Heard of the Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture and Lifeways museum in Mount Pleasant. For more than a ...

Deanna StandingCloud, a parent coordinator with the Minneapolis Public Schools, said that getting parents involved at Anishinabe Academy, a school focused on using Native language and culture to ...

SAGINAW, MI — Saginaw leaders next week will honor the Anishinaabe people whose place in the region’s history predates the arrival of American settlers. As part of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Saginaw ...

MT. PLEASANT – It's almost naptime in the toddler room at the preschool building known as the Sasiwaans, part of a cluster of buildings on the Isabella Indian Reservation. The lights dim, gentle music ...

MOUNT PLEASANT – It's almost naptime in the toddler room at the preschool building known as the Sasiwaans, part of a cluster of buildings on the Isabella Indian Reservation. The lights dim, gentle ...