Using Technology to Revitalize The Ojibwe Language | Language Keepers | PBS
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Published 2023-08-10
It is estimated that there are less than 1,000 native speakers of the Ojibwe language remaining in the U.S. Filmmaker Ajuawak Kapashesit follows language keepers in Minnesota as they preserve the language from their elders. Can new technologies like social media and video games inspire a new generation to preserve Ojibwe language and traditions?
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HOMEGROWN is a regional short film initiative with its first series “Future Visions” centering on filmmakers of color from the American Midwest and on narratives that illuminate the living histories, cultures, and future visions of the region.
All Comments (10)
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you guys should think about doing the Choctaw Language next. we need to spread our language as well. All indigenous language are on the decline and it's sad to hear about it.
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Love this. Thanks for sharing.
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The United States owes it to the tribes to help preseve their languages!
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Absolutely beautiful and inspiring! Thank you so much for making this!!!!
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That's the best metaphor for the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis I've ever heard. Thank you.
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Miigwech for sharing this!!
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Beautiful <3 and really the best way to teach any topic!
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As an anthropology student, I feel I have a duty to share this - seeing the "boozhoo" here. For those unaware, I find it really cool to note the close ties the French tended to have with the First Nations going so far as to assimilate into native cultures. In American French varieties like Illinois Country French (OCF), you find a smattering of words from.indigenous and African languages. Here, "boozhoo" for "hi" in this dialect of Ojibwe seems to match the old French pronunciation found in the modern forms of OCF from the 1500s. Rather important example of cultural diffusion happening.
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What do Ojibwe people think of white people learning their language?
