To Sanction, To Give Authority, To Bring to Life: Gi-bugadin-a-maa-goom

FAIN: AD-50007-07

White Earth Tribal and Community College (Mahnomen, MN 56557-4708)
Nyleta Belgarde (Project Director: July 2006 to September 2009)

The development of a digital resource to support the preservation and revitalization of the Ojibwe language and culture.

This proposed project involves four partnering institutions who are interested in developing a unique digital resource to support the preservation and revitialization of the Ojibwe language of the Anishinaabeg people of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. The institutions include Itasca Community College (ICC), the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD), the University of Pennsylvania (PENN) - specifically the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and the White Earth Tribal and Community College (WETCC). This consortium, working together with the faculty at White Earth, will combine state-of-the-art technology with traditional Anishinaabeg ways of knowledge to create a digital archive of stories and artifacts from the community.