Tag: immersion
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Via Indian Country Today: UMass Amherst Ojibwe Language Students Build Birchbark Canoe
Students in Howard Kimewon’s Ojibwe language class at the University of Massachusetts Amherst floated around Puffer’s Pond May 2 in what is believed to be the first birchbark canoe to sail locally in 300 years. This is not Kimewon’s first canoe build. The native Anishinaabemowin speaker and guest lecturer at UMass, has built seven in…