EQI is deeply invested in supporting the Native community here in our city. We work closely with Indian Community School of Milwaukee, Inc., and other tribal entities in the greater Milwaukee area. Follow any of the links below to get more information.
Ojibwe.net
Language information and lessons can be on the Ojibwe.net site and on the Objibwe.net Facebook page.
Ojibwe Language Table
Join the Endazhi-Anishinaabemotaadiwag study group and learn about the Anishinaabemowin language. Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi dialects are addressed in this informal class led by Anishinaabemowin language instructors from UW-Milwaukee and the Indian Community School. All ages are welcome, children under 12 should be accompanied by an adult.
Please contact us with any questions.
WUWM Radio News Story
IndigenousMKE
During the 2017 Mooshkine camp, a group of Milwaukee area Native youth worked with Michael Timm and created an app story game: Indigenous MKE. This game focuses on beliefs that can help someone live a good life. Gikendan ezhi-mino-doodang. Know how to be doing good actions. The Ojibwe words used here are sometimes called the teachings of the Seven Grandfathers.
- Download & install TaleBlazer app. (available in Google Play Store for Andriod)
- Next, find Electa Quinney Institute in TaleBlazer. Select Featured Games from the upper-right menu. Then select List.
- On our Electa Quinney Institute Place page, press Find Games, then download and install the Indigenous MKE game.
- Now you are almost ready to explore the stories created by the 2017 Mooshkine students in the pilot version of the app!
- Did you remember to un-mute your phone and turn up the volume?
- Did you remember to activate your phone’s GPS?
- Once you start the game, you will be prompted to turn off in-game Sound Effects.
ICS Language Video
ICS worked with their students and staff to create a video that teaches us vocabulary in multiple indigenous languages!
EQI Special Collections Archive
EQI Special Collections Archive is a collection that consists of audio/visual materials concerning the teaching of Indigenous languages including Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Menominee, and Anishinaabemowin. Curated primarily by the Electa Quinney Institute for American Indian Education affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Included in the collection are lessons regarding vocabulary and grammar, as well as nursery rhymes, songs for children, recorded conversations between experts and native speakers, and an Anishinaabemowin talk show. Additionally, there are records from Native American language conferences on the student activities offered.