Learning Ojibwe: Gisinaa

From Chelsea Annette's book, "Discovering the Little Brothers"


  Gisinaa: It's cold
 
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Gisinaa agwajing noongom: It's cold outside today

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Culturology: Talking Circle Promotes Understanding

A family-services worker with Ojibwe ancestry uses the circle technique to encourage open sharing and real listening. KAXE's Travis Ryder joins a Grand Rapids-area spiritual growth group in the circle, listen: Talking Circles Promote Understanding

Hear that feature and more on the Culturology page. Discover and get involved with the broad and deep world of arts and culture in Northern Minnesota. Each edition features profiles of artists from a wide spectrum of creativity, from painters, potters and sculptors to fine-arts and heritage musicians, authors and poets.Presented by Northern Community Radio and 91.7 KAXE.

Learning Ojibwe: Giizhigoon

From Chelsea Annette's book, "Discovering the Little Brothers"


  Giizhigoon:  Days
 
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Biboong gwanaaj giizhigoon: In the winter are beautiful days!

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Learning Ojibwe: Gaawin

From Chelsea Annette's book, "Discovering The Little Brothers"

Gaawin: No

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Last time our word was "Eya", Ojibwe for Yes


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Learning Ojibwe: Eya'

From Chelsea Annette's book, "Discovering The Little Brothers"

Eya': Yes
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Learning Ojibwe: Dibikoon

From Chelsea Annette's new book, "Discovering The Little Brothers"

Dibikoon: Nights
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Learning Ojibwe: Boozhoo

From Chelsea Annette's new book, "Discovering The Little Brothers"

Boozhoo: Hello; Greetings


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Learning Ojibwe: Bineshiinh

From Chelsea Annette's new book, "Discovering The Little Brothers"

Bineshiinh: Bird(s)

In "Discovering The Little Brothers", nagamowin-bineshiinh, the songbird, looks for a mitig, tree, in which to build a nest. He has trouble because there is a shortage of mitoog, trees. . His friend, Waagosh, the fox, helps him, and along the way, nagamowin-bineshiinh meets other songbirds and animals including amik, the beaver, makwa, the bear, and name, the sturgeon.


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Learning Ojibwe: Awesiinhyag

From Chelsea Annette's new book, "Discovering The Little Brothers"

Awesiinhyag: Wild Animals

In "Discovering The Little Brothers" we learn many Ojibwe expressions for "Awesiinhyag", wild animals.


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Learning Ojibwe: Asemaa

From Chelsea Annette's new book, "Discovering the Little Brothers"

Asemaa: tobacco

Tobacco has quite a different meaning in Ojibwe culture. It's offered in prayer to Gichi-manidoo, the Great Spirit. And it's offered when asking for help from others.

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Learning Ojibwe: Anishinaabemowin

From Chelsea Annette's new book, "Discovering the Little Brothers"

Anishinaabemowin: Original Language

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Learning Ojibwe: Anishinaabeg

From Chelsea Annette's new book, "Discovering the Little Brothers"

Anishinaabeg: People, human beings

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Learning Ojibwe: Amik

A phrase from Chelsea Annette's new book, "Discovering the Little Brothers".

Amik: Beaver

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Learning Ojibwe: Aaniin nindinawemaaganag

A phrase from Chelsea Annette's new book, "Discovering the Little Brothers".

Aaniin nindinawemaaganag: "Hello, my relatives"

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Learning Ojibwe: Aaniin ezhi-ayaayan

This is the first in a series of Ojibwe words and phrases from Chelsea Annette's new book, "Dicovering The Little Brothers".

Aaniin ezhi-ayaayan "How are you?"

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You Can Never Have Too Much Onzaam

Tonight at 4:35 during All Things Considered on 91.7 KAXE, we'll be joined by two handlers of Onzaam O Onzaam, an online persona residing on Facebook that represents Native American views and issues in a highly interactive, creative, often funny and sometimes extremely serious way. "Onzaam" means "too much," but instead of too much subjugation and oppression of Native People, they offer too much love, fun and information of/about their people.

Joining us from the Rice Lake Band of Ojibwe over towards McGregor, Onzaam's handlers will talk with Doug MacRostie about what they're doing, "We're representing people that have never had a voice...all the Native people that aren't in a place to speak or to share or to celebrate their culture..." Onzaam will at one moment share a music video and then the next do a time-line of media coverage of the recent issue of treaty rights in northern MN and how that situation was covered and reported on by media such as the Star Tribune. Nothing is off limits, from the hilarious to the heartbreaking.

What started as a way to sell some of their handpicked rice and birch bark/bead work quickly evolved into an online phenomenon that connects people and helps spread ideas and news from Native Country, bringing often ignored or overlooked views, opinions and ideas to the forefront.

Pictured is a bead-work/birch bark piece in progress - the 2nd image has a mirror in the middle - it's reflecting the camera :)

Center-variety-stage MN...

by Doug MacRostie

...celebrates many styles of music by showcasing the talents of MN musicians, and this week we've got everything from psychedelic rock to a Round Dance from two 1st Nations.

This Thursday night at 6 on Centerstage MN I'll be talking with Rayna Churchill-Mattinas and Pete Gahbow about the Oji-Cree Round Dance Invitational across from Grand Casino Mille Lacs this Fri and Sat, the 5th and 6th. This is the first time in this region that the Ojibwe and Cree nations have come together to celebrate like this. And, it's also the kick-off/fundraiser for their Community Leadership Youth Foundation.

Before that, I'll be talking with Jake Dilley and the Color Pharmacy about their latest "DeTour" EP, a psychedelically-melodic example of Jake's creativity and the way they push their sound and style in many directions. Sometimes soft and thoughtful, other times wild...and thoughtful. The new EP is great...but, I'm still anxiously waiting for another multi-media masterpiece like "Le Balloon Rouge," which was an alternate soundtrack to the French Film The Red Balloon.

There's also a lot of great new CD's around that I hope to get in like Charlie Roth's "Broken Ground" & Sweet Papa Dave's "Evil Gonna Getcha" - a couple St. Cloud area musicians.

Centerstage MN is Thursday evenings at 6, streaming live online at www.KAXE.org; or 91.7 Grand Rapids, 89.9 Brainerd and 105.3 Bemidji. All interviews are archived at www.KAXE.org and the show is rebroadcast Sunday mornings at 6.