full details. - Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

1st Annual Gathering: March 7, 2015 Saturday
Nagaajiwanaang Waakanawendangig
Anishinaabemowin Maawanji’idiwin
“The gathering of the ones who are trying to take care of the
language at Fond du Lac”
Time of Event: 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Community Feast: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Fond du Lac Ojibwe School
Gymnasium 49 University Drive•Cloquet, MN
55720
Meet and Greet the new
FDL Anishinaabemowin
Coordinator:
Dr. Janis A. Fairbanks
Language Advisory Board
Thomas Howes - Chair
Tara Dupuis - Vice Chair
Veronica Smith - Secretary
Wayne Dupuis
Jennifer Johnson
Dawn LaPrairie
Vicki Reynolds
Amik Larry Smallwood
For more info, contact:
Fond du Lac Reservation
Anishinaabemowin Coordinator
Janis A. Fairbanks, Ph.D.
1720 Big Lake Road
Cloquet, MN 55720
218-878-7351
janisfairbanks@fdlrez.com
With Waasobiik Anna
Gibbs, Special Guest
Here is your chance to help build the new Fond du
Lac Reservation Ojibwe language program. YOUR
OPINION AND IDEAS COUNT! Come and see
language activities in action. Language table activities
for all ages and speaker levels.
FEATURED LANGUAGE VIDEO BY
WAASOBIIK ANNA GIBBS:
Gaa-ondinang Dakwaanowed Makwa (How the
Bear Got It’s Short Tail).
Spiritual Blessing at 11:00
a.m.
 Food following blessing
 Door Prizes, fun and games!
 Speaker: Dr. Janis Fairbanks
 Speaker: Leslie Harper
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DVD showing: Anna Gibbs
Possibility Thinking:
Comments by practicing
language program teachers
 Who’s Who in Ojibwe
Language?
 Lyz Jaakola Ojibwe videos
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