Recent Videos and Activities for Ojibwe

Ogichidaa Storytellers

Ogichidaa (“warrior”) Storytellers, supported by the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC), shares the struggle of the Anishinaabe (also known as Ojibwe or Chippewa) to retain treaty reserved [more]

February 6, 2020

Ma’iingan: Brother Wolf

With insight from Ojibwe elders, biologists, and artist Rabbett Before Horses Strickland—this film captures enduring spiritual connections with Brother Wolf, the lasting bonds and responsibilities shared between Native people and [more]

October 14, 2019

Traditional Foods in Wisconsin

This resources provides a toolkit and videos that teach about and aim to increase the utilization of traditional Wisconsin American Indian foods in school meals programs. The toolkit was developed [more]

September 5, 2019

Every Step: A Healing Circle

This video from the Ogichidaa Storytellers series centers on the Healing Circle Run. In 1989, the Anishinaabe Solidarity Relay began as a response to the resounding racism and hatred directed [more]

June 5, 2019

Place of the Pike: Ginoozhekaaning

This story, from the Ogichidaa Storytellers series, features the Bay Mills Ojibwe community located in present day northern Michigan. In 1971, A.B. LeBlanc set a gill net in Pendills Bay [more]

April 29, 2019

University Place, The Story of Act 31

J P Leary, Associate Professor of First Nations Studies at UW-Green Bay, discusses the history behind Act 31, the 1989 Wisconsin law which requires all students in the state to [more]

February 12, 2019

(Mikwendaagoziwag) They are Remembered: Sandy Lake

In this video from the series Ogichidaa Storytellers, learn about the 1850 Sandy Lake Tragedy and the struggle for Anishinaabe to survive amidst forced assimilation and tragedy. In the winter [more]

December 3, 2018

Wisconsin Life, Native Drummer

At a young age, Dylan Jennings is a respected drum maker, singer, environmentalist and student of his native ways. He is working to preserver his native language, culture and way [more]

December 1, 2018

Current Tribal Lands Map and Native Nations Facts

Guide your students in learning who their Native neighbors are by exploring this map of the current tribal lands and nations in Wisconsin. Facts about each of the Native nations [more]

November 15, 2018

Reggie Cadotte advises teachers to connect historical context about Wisconsin’s First Nations with modern life today

“The most important thing when teaching Native American Studies is to remember Native Americans are still here and face modern challenges with the rest of us,” explains Reggie Cadotte, a [more]

October 23, 2018