"Onigamiising" is the Ojibwe Indian name for Duluth. The word translates in English to "place of the small portage," most likely in reference to the Park Point peninsula, which Native people, ...

HINCKLEY, Minn. (WCCO)-- The option to learn Ojibwe will now be accessible to everyone, following the release of a never-before-seen language learning program in partnership with Rosetta Stone.

The Ojibwe (Chippewa) have a rich, living culture that includes thousands of legends, stories and songs that range from sacred and ceremonial to pure entertainment. Jonathan Thunder, who is Red Lake ...

What do you get when you cross English, French and Native American heritage? A mouthful. It’s no secret that Wisconsin is full of places that are infuriatingly hard to pronounce. Usually, the people ...

Tony Drews was excited when, in elementary school, he received his Ojibwe name, Chinoodin. His grandmother's cousin gave it to him, explaining that it was the name of Drews' great-great-grandmother ...

A student at Bdote Learning Center writes in Ojibwe in her name journal at the beginning of the day's Ojibwe immersion classes in Minneapolis. The Bemidji school board recently approved expanding the ...

GRAND PORTAGE, Minn. — The two-dozen schoolchildren sat in a circle for about an hour, enthralled, as Gordon Jourdain regaled them with tales of the Creator and the origins of their Ojibwe people. As ...

The Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe Nation has regained about 2,500 acres of its ancestral land in northern Wisconsin since 2019. These land acquisitions, negotiated with state officials, expand the tribe's ...

After nearly two years, the Third Crossing bridge in Kingston, Ont., has found its new name. With a unanimous vote at council, the bridge will be called the Waaban (Wah-bin) Crossing. Waaban is an ...