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About this class:

This is a 10-week virtual class using the Zoom platform.

Tuesdays: January 10, 24, 31, February 7, 21, March 7, 14, 28, April 11, 25 - 6-8 pm CST

This is a student driven, beginner/intermediate course of the Ojibwe grammar continuing from Ojibwe Grammar l class, in an Indigenous pedagogy space. Student driven means, students are encouraged to ask questions to drive the curriculum to accommodate the students’ learning interests. Indigenous pedagogy means the learning is co-created by all. “Gikinoo’amaading”, the Ojibwe cultural concept of learning means “learning from one another.” Another Indigenous aspect of learning is that there are no “mistakes”. There are only teachings (learnings from so called ‘mistakes’).  In an Indigenous pedagogy, students support one another mutually (wiidookodaading). There is no competition or hierarchy in the learning environment. Each weekly class will consist of a preview of the last lesson’s concepts, introduction of new concepts, practice, and questions from students.

Miigwech Ojibwemo yan!

Thank you for speaking Ojibwe!

Gechitwaabandang (Dreams Holy)

Alex DeCoteau

Mikinaak Wajiw Anishinaabe

(Turtle Mountain Ojibwe)

Instructor bio:

Alex DeCoteau is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. He teaches Native Language at the high school on his reservation. He has been teaching the Ojibwe language since 2004.

Humanities North Dakota classes and events are funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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