Baawiting, Gnoozhekaaning & Bkejwanong Star
Revitalizing language and building sustainable Anishinaabe futures
Our Story
Ojiibikan
Ojiibikan is an Anishinaabe-led organization based in the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Their work focuses on the regeneration of land, language, and land-based practices in order to ensure a healthy and vibrant future for the land and the people.
Check out their new magazine, ASAB - it's first issue is available now!
Anishinaabeg Kinomaagewgamig
Minogiizhgad is the Immersion Coordinator at Anishinaabeg Kinomaagewgamig, an Anishinaabemowin language immersion school in Bkejwanong. They are developing confident language speakers who will be grounded in Anishinaabeg identity.
Nwewnan Sasaang
Minogiizhgad provides leadership for the language nest in Bkejwanong. Here, 2 to 5 year old children are immersed in “Anishinaabemowin eta” (“Anishinaabe language only”) environment and participate in cultural and family-based education.
Ojibwe Charter School
The Ojibwe Charter School serves the Bay Mills community by providing traditional academic training alongside Ojibwe language and cultural teachings. Joshua Biron is their language and culture teacher.
Meet the Team
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Nicholas Reo
Principal Investigator; Canada Excellence Research Chair in Coastal Relationalities and Regeneration
I'm a faculty member in the Department of Indigenous Studies at Simon Fraser University. I'm an enrolled member of the Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. As an Anishinaabe community member, I am always learning and trying to share what I know in a responsible way.
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Minogiizhgad
Co-Researcher & Knowledge Keeper
Minogiizhgad (Fine Day) is Anishinaabe from Bkejwanong Territory (Walpole Island First Nation), Turtle Clan, and brings decades of experience in cultural knowledge, community leadership, and land-based education. He is dedicated to intergenerational learning alongside his partner of 39 years, Zhaawshko Giizhgo Waaboyaan Kwe (Sky Blue Blanket Woman), their four children, and three grandchildren.
Joshua Biron
Co-Researcher
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Jesse Bowen
Co-Researcher
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