Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak Ep. 28 - "New Rice, Manoominike and Northern Lights"

Episode 28 is with Nancy Jones, elder from Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nations. She shares cultural teachings in Ojibwemowin and English about "new" rice and the wild rice harvest. She also talks about Northern Lights, and traditional ways of thinking about the aurora.

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak Ep. 27 - Ogimaawigwanebiik "Medicine, Howling Dogs and Thunderbirds"

For this next episode our conversation continues with Ogimaawigwanebiik–Nancy Jones, from Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nations. She shares her understanding of traditions and teachings related to preparing medicines, pipe offerings and some of the things we can learn from our animal teachers. Stories include the reason dogs howl, when certain animals visit and teachings about Thunderbirds.

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak Ep. 26 – Ogimaawigwanebiik "Women’s Teachings and Being a Drum Keeper"

Episode 26 is a conversation with Ogimaawigwanebiik, Nancy Jones. A renowned elder and Ojbwemowin first speaker from Nigigoonsiminikaaning, Ogimaawigwanebiik shares teachings about being a drum keeper, pow wow traditions and women’s teachings. Includes a bonus story about hunting for different types of wild game and winter life in the bush, on the trapline.

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak Ep. 25 - "Ogimaawigwanebiik on animal signs and respect for animals"

Episode 25 is a question and answer session with Ogimaawigwanebiik, Nancy Jones. A renowned elder and Ojbwemowin first speaker, Ogimaawigwanebiik answers questions about everyday life at Nigigoonsiminikaaning Nation in Northwestern Ontario. Topics include children, significant colors, animal signs related to someone’s passing and teachings about teasing animals and giving thanks.

Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak Episode 24 - "Maajigwaneyaash on the Lac la Croix Ponies"

In this bi-lingual Ojibwe language program Erik Redix talks with Maajigwaneyaash, Dr. Gordon Jourdain, who shares the fate of the Lac la Croix ponies and tells the story of his father’s horse logging operation. We also get a lesson about physics words as well as Dr. Jourdain’s thoughts on language preservation.