Dec. 10: Ojibwe Winter Stories Virtual Event

Friday, December 10, 2021
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Virtual and in-person in Bemidji, Minn.

Mankato, Minn. – Minnesota State University, Mankato and Bemidji State University are co-hosting a free public Ojibwe Winter Stories event at 7 p.m. Friday in-person at BSU’s American Indian Resource Center and virtually via Zoom.

The event will feature aadizookaanag (traditional winter stories) shared in Anishinaabemowin and English by Pebaami-bines (Dennis Jones), Waagosh (Anton Treuer) and Gimiwan (Dustin Burnette).

Zoom registration is required. Register at link.mnsu.edu/ojibwe-winter-stories.

For more information about the event, please contact Chelsea Mead (chelsea.mead@mnsu.edu or 507-389-1302) or Chrissy Downwind (christine.downwind@bemidjistate.edu).

This event is made possible through a Minnesota State multi-campus collaboration grant and is co-hosted by the American Indigenous Studies Program and American Indian Affairs at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and the American Indian Resource Center and Ojibwe Language Program at Bemidji State University.

More than 50 students from Minnesota State Mankato and BSU are expected to attend the Ojibwe Winter Stories event in person, as part of a two-day language retreat that will involve small group opportunities for students to learn from Ojibwe-fluent elders and community members, participate in ceremony and bring students together.

The students’ activities are part of experiential learning opportunities and community engagement for students enrolled in Ojibwe courses offered through a multi-campus collaboration grant awarded to Minnesota State Mankato and BSU.

Bemidji State University, located amid the lakes and forests of northern Minnesota, occupies a wooded campus along the shore of Lake Bemidji and enrolls around 5,000 students.

Minnesota State Mankato, a comprehensive university with 14,546 students, is part of the Minnesota State system, which includes 30 colleges and seven universities.