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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Ojibwe"”.
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Communicating the risks and hazards of methylmercury to the Ojibwe population
… The purpose of this study is to investigate the Ojibwe of the Great Lakes region's understanding of the risks and hazards associated with the consumption of fish contaminated with methylmercury and increase their awareness, thus allowing them to make independent science-based decisions.
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A Case Study of a Pilot Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) Immersion School on Manitoulin Island
… is being done to revitalize Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe language). An example of this is the Mnidoo Mnising Anishinaabek Kinoomaage Gamig (MMAK) immersion program on Manitoulin Island, which operated for five years (2013–2018) as a test pilot education model. It was the first of its kind in the …
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Ojibwe Elders' Experiences of Peace: To Teach Our Well-Being With the Earth
… research focuses on exploring the Anishinaabek/Ojibwe worldview founded upon the spiritual relationship with Mother Earth as the Anishinaabek view of peace to teach our well-being with earth. This research explores the experiences of four 21st century traditional Anishinaabek elders through …
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Linguistic vitality in Manitoba: a survey of knowledge, use, and attitudes in the Ojibwa community of Poplar River First Nation
This work seeks to describe the vitality of the Ojibwe language in Poplar River First Nation, MB and, by re-envisioning the framework and methodology for doing so, represent the perspectives and voices of the community. Using a survey tool designed along a model of linguistic health adapted from …
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An Analysis of the Discourse Function of Saulteaux/mi-/ As Exemplified In A Traditional Cote First Nation Teaching Text
… linguistically. Saulteaux, the Plains dialect of Ojibwe, is spoken in the southern half of Saskatchewan and in Manitoba. The dialect studied in this thesis is the dialect that is spoken in the Kamsack area. Second, the thesis focuses on the use and function of the discourse particle /mi-/ in …
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The History of Chief Rocky Boy and His Band and The Founding of Rocky Boy Reservation
… government. However, the one known fact about Ojibwes, also known as Chippewas, is their belief in prophecies. A prophecy that began at the East Coast urged the Ojibwes’ westward migration. Chief Rocky Boy and his band continued west from Wisconsin into what is now Montana. They arrived in …
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The History of Chief Rocky Boy and His Band and The Founding of Rocky Boy Reservation
… government. However, the one known fact about Ojibwes, also known as Chippewas, is their belief in prophecies. A prophecy that began at the East Coast urged the Ojibwes’ westward migration. Chief Rocky Boy and his band continued west from Wisconsin into what is now Montana. They arrived in …
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The impact of a system wide integration of Indigenous Knowledge on students, staff and community
… subject studied was one season of iskigamizigan (Ojibwe sugarbush). The sample group participants shared stories that learning about and participating in iskigamizigan was impactful. Impact was reflected in; heightened cultural connections, cultural identity, intergenerational connections and a …
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USING ACOUSTIC TELEMETRY TO ANALYZE THE IMPACTS OF COMMON CARP ON WILD RICE RESTORATION
… spiritual, and dietary resource to Lake Superior Ojibwe. Common Carp (<em>Cyprinus carpio</em>) are an introduced species that negatively impact aquatic vegetation through changes in water quality, uprooting of plants, and consumption of seed. Acoustic telemetry was used to document Common Carp …
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Spectral Identification of Wild Rice (Zizania palustris L.) Using Indigenous Knowledge and Landsat Multispectral Data
… knowledge; in this case, the knowledge of Ojibwe tribal elders who have traditionally harvested wild rice by canoe for centuries, was utilized to build training data polygons for a supervised classification. By testing several supervised classification algorithms, it was hypothesized that …
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Spectral Identification of Wild Rice (Zizania palustris L.) Using Indigenous Knowledge and Landsat Multispectral Data
… knowledge; in this case, the knowledge of Ojibwe tribal elders who have traditionally harvested wild rice by canoe for centuries, was utilized to build training data polygons for a supervised classification. By testing several supervised classification algorithms, it was hypothesized that …
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Indigenous Language Reclamation: The Learners Perspective
… world view, the traditional teachings of the Ojibwe medicine wheel were combined with the lessons of the seven Grandfathers to provide a methodological basis for conducting ethical research with and for the benefit of First Nations people. Within the context of our relationships with self, …
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Elephant and Wild Rice: Bringing Rhetorics of Materiality into Judicial Spaces
… of Anishinaabe peoples. The White Earth Band of Ojibwe Court of Appeals ultimately ruled against Manoomin because of the location of water-taking was outside the boundary line of Tribal lands. This project begins to bridge the scholarly gap between rhetoric of materiality and jurisprudence, …
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Écologie poétique-critique de l'économie de la connaissance ou comment inventer une ethnographie littéraire contre-éducative
… Gleize et de Charles Olson, les pictographes Ojibwe et les travaux en contre-éducation des sociologues Stein et Miller nous aideront à reconstituer les conditions de possibilité du geste. Dès lors que l’on constate que les gestes résonnent et s’articulent dans l’environnement social et …
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Communication Challenges Associated With Voyageurs National Park: A Discourse Analysis
<p>This dissertation analyzed interviews conducted with three key people who described their personal connections to Voyageurs National Park and the adjoining communities. These ethnographic details add insights expressed in the voices of community members who have demonstrated interest in and …
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Inventing "crime" in a lawless land: legal conflict, racial formation, and conquest in the North American interior
This dissertation analyzes the changing political relationships between European agents of empire, who were usually associated in some way with the fur trade, and indigenous peoples of the continental interior north and west of Lake Superior. It examines the period between the fall of New France in …
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Mii o gwayak inaajimotaagooyaan [this is how it was told to me]: narrative identity and community-building in northern Minnesota
The research discussed in this dissertation employs a mixed-methods, qualitative approach to understanding the role of specific narratives, and of storytelling practice in general, in shaping perceptions of Anishinaabe indigenous identity, history, and politics in northern Minnesota, as well as the …