WHITE EARTH, Minn. -- When 30 people gathered recently for an evening service at St. Columba Episcopal Church, they recited liturgy like thousands of other church congregations. But when they began ...

ST. IGNACE, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- We're Exploring Michigan once again and this time we're cross the Mackinac Bridge to Saint Ignace. It's a place where you can walk into an old mission chapel and see ...

The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe is taking steps to revitalize the critically endangered Ojibwe language and Mille Lacs dialect. The Band, whose members have resided in what is today East Central ...

Awanibiisaa is the Ojibwe word for "misty rain." It might have been one of the many words learned by the 400-some people who gathered for last week's Ojibwe Immersion Camp in Sawyer. Then again, maybe ...

Minnetonka, the popular Minneapolis-based footwear brand, recently unveiled an updated version of their iconic Thunderbird moccasin, crafted in collaboration with designer Lucie Skjefte from the Red ...

BEMIDJI With Bemidji as its base, a group of Pennsylvania State University students are spending nearly three weeks in the area learning about the Ojibwe culture from those closest to it. The ...

As a child, Thomas Peacock was the one who stuck his head out the bedroom door to overhear the stories and conversations of his elders. Today he shares those Ojibwe stories as a way to teach values ...

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 ...

There is a new video game in the works that is designed to promote the Ojibwe language and culture. It’s being developed by a local group called Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia. The name of the game ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. -- In 2005, two volunteers set out on a mission to reconstruct a language native to the Bemidji area that had slowly deteriorated throughout the centuries. Nearly 10 years later, ...

At summertime social powwows and spiritual ceremonies throughout the Upper Midwest, Native Americans are gathering around singers seated at big, resonant drums to dance, celebrate and connect with ...

MINNEAPOLIS — According to The Ojibwe Revitalization Project, back in 2019, approximately 19 Elders were identified as fluent speakers of the Mille Lacs dialect of Ojibwe in Minnesota. UNESCO listed ...