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.

Today, many Anishinaabe tribes, including the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, invest in language programs to combat the crisis of language loss. Alumni of an adult immersion program at ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For more than three decades, Bay Mills Community College has been quietly building one of Michigan’s most comprehensive Indigenous ...