Archive for September, 2012
Mdwechgewnini Mahiingan
Nishnaabe-language immersion by Barbara Nolan: Mahiingan the Radio D.J. (28 min.)
Wginiin Nkweshkwaan Mahiingan
Wginiin Nkweshkwaan Mahiingan
“Mahiingan Meets Wginii”
32 min.
The shy 18-year-old Mahiingan begins his first year of university making a new friend: fellow student Wginii. 85-years-young and full of life, Wginii spends her four years at university inspiring Mahiingan and everyone else she meets to ask themselves whether we stop playing because we grow old or whether we grow old because we stop playing. Do we stop enjoying our life because we stop attempting to achieve our dreams?
Are the fellow students of Wginii willing to trust in their Elder’s insights and life experiences? Are they each willing to…
Wiikwnge Mkwa
Nishnaabe-language immersion by Barbara Nolan: Bear Gives a Feast. (33 min.)
Kiwenziinh miinwaa Gwisan
Kiwenziinh miinwaa Gwisan
“The Old Man and His Son”
20 min.
Due to Biidaankwad’s old age, he moves in with his son, Noodin. One early morning while the two men are sitting outside Noodin’s house, they are visited by a robin. What does Robin teach…
