EAST LANSING, Mich. — Anishinaabemowin was once the most widely spoken language in what is now Michigan. Today, census figures show there are fewer than 10,000 Anishinaabemowin speakers in the U.S.

TRAVERSE CITY — The first language in the state of Michigan is Anishinaabemowin (also known as the Ojibwe/Ojibwa language, Ojiwbemowin). In fact, the word Michigan derives from Mishigamiing, which ...

For more than three decades, Bay Mills Community College has been quietly building one of Michigan’s most comprehensive Indigenous language preservation programs, focused on revitalizing ...

OKEMOS – A weekly language class in Okemos is connecting local Anishinaabe to their heritage and preserving a language at risk of disappearing. On Wednesday evenings at the Nokomis Cultural Heritage ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Isadore Toulouse is tired of history books that mischaracterize his culture. The longtime Anishinaabemowin language teacher said lessons about Native American culture are far too ...