We urge anyone interested in learning an Indigenous language to download our app, go for a walk/bike ride and get started. But we have found and use other resources too! Learning to speak and remember words is only part of the journey. It is also helpful to learn how to spell, and to explore other ways of learning with different structures.
In our journey to learn Indigenous languages we have discovered resources we find useful, fun and/or worth checking out! If you know of more we should check out or that should make this list, please let us know.
Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Center
The Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre also the home of Indigenous Languages Manitoba, is located at Sutherland/Euclid in Winnipeg. They are a fantastic resource with a beautiful library full of hard-to-find materials, helpful and kind staff. Stop by!
Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe)
The Ojibwe People’s Dictionary, out of Minnesota, has been invaluable for us.
Grab a copy of Gidinwewin. This is a great textbook, with a natural flow and an easy-to-follow structure. It comes complete with an audio CD (remember those?) and fun exercises, word searches and more. A great way to get your feet wet learning Ojibwe. It is written by the one and only Roger Roulette, whom we had the honour to meet and learn a little from while he was, still with us. RIP Roger.
Check out this wonderful little series of lessons, with videos with optional captions in English/Ojibwe, intended to learn from fluent speakers. It comes with associated workbooks.
OjiCree
We have found resources for OjiCree to be somewhat less abundant than resources for its more widely spoken cousins, so we are starting a list below of resources that may be worth checking out.