AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS
Lessons From Our Elders
Elders and Youth working together to preserve knowledge. A 4-CD Ojibwe Language Project.
Disc One - Elders teaching respect to children
Disc Two - Part 2.1 - Respect: listen to Elders when they talk. They are teaching. Observe What is being taught; medicines, doctoring ceremonies, proper ways to ask about these things.
Disc Two - Part 2.2 - Dancing. People gathered at Big Drum to ask for good health and a good life at each season. The difference between Big Drum and powwows and wearing regalia. Change in time of dance styles and passing of money.
Disc Three - Part 3.1 - Baby Swings; how to make one and create your own song. Cradleboards and a hole in the moccasin. Feeding baby and teaching baby life’s lessons from womb to Elder.
Disc Three - Part 3.2 - Making of a leaf doll and cradleboards. Finding medicine in the woods.
Disc Four - Part 4.1 - Living day to day with the differences of how it was years ago and how it is now. Funerals had teachings.
Disc Four - Part 4.2 - Doctoring by a medicine man. Know your language. Teachings and their purposes. Be happy with what you have.
See and Say Immersion Videos
"See and Say" Ojibwe Immersion Videos: Stories from the 1950's, Revisited in 2017. All videos are captioned in both English, and Ojibwe for a more immersive learning experience.
"See and Say" Ojibwe Video Companion Brochure (video 1 - 7)
Supplemental Video Companion Brochure (video 8 - 11)
Videos
1) Gibiini’aanaanig Giigoonhyag (Cleaning Fish)
2) Ginaadoobiimin (We Are Fetching Water)
3) Nanaandawawiizo miinawaa Onandawaabamaan Anooj-enaanzoonid-asiniin (She Finds Berries to Pick and Searches for Agates)
4) Omagakii-ban gii Bagidenjiggzo (Frog Burial)
5) Izhaa Mazinaatesijigewin (Going to the Show)
6) Madweyaanimad (Hear the Winds Blow)
- English Captioned
- English Captioned, Alternative Translation - Accompanying Document
- Ojibwe Captioned
7) Oshki-miskwaanziganike (Making a New Roach)
8) Adaawenan Gitigaani-aabajichiganan (Shopping for Garden Tools)
9) Wepwaaganiked (The Pipe Maker)
10) Epiitendaagoziyang mitigoog (The Way We Respect Trees)
11) Nokakamagageng kitigaaning (Turning Over the Garden Soil)