Today, my daughter, in addition to studying Art and Ojibwe language at the University of Minnesota, practices the Jingle Dress Dance. Image The Jingle Dress Dance has become a symbol of female ...

Wild rice, or Manoomin, holds profound spiritual and cultural significance for the Ojibwe people. It is not just a food, but a gift from the Creator—a symbol of life’s abundance and the ...

It’s a symbol of respect and you can do it for practically nothing, but “it speaks volumes,’’ says Bemidji resident Michael Meuers, who with Rachelle Houle kick-started Bemidji’s Ojibwe ...

Last week, the Hinckley-Finlayson school board voted to not allow a traditional Ojibwe song at its graduation ceremony. The Ojibwe Traveling Song is meant to symbolize the transition from high ...

Maya Chacaby uses Ojibwe storytelling ... It’s dark outside, and Maya Chacaby stands above a medicine wheel—a round symbol painted in black on a square of canvas—laid out on the floor.

"I grew up singing my entire life, and I was always taught that dewe'igan is the heartbeat of our people," said Jakob Wilson, 19, using the Ojibwe term ... Indian Religious Freedom Act directed ...

For the Anishinaabe entrepreneur, teacher and community organizer, the little red berry is a signature of sorts, a symbol of how she ... because the word in Ojibwe for strawberry is ode'imin ...

LAC DU FLAMBEAU – Billed as the centerpiece for Ojibwe cultural sharing and education ... The 1978 American Indian Religious Freedom Act under President Jimmy Carter repealed that ban, but ...