1. Anishinaabemowin Mashkawendamang Dr. Anton Treuer Bemidji State University

2. All you people who study Indians, study that!

3. Giboozhoo’ininim Wiinzowin Doodem Ishkonigan Giishpin wii-anishinaabewiyang nawaj…

4. Language Imbeds Meanings Niiyawe’enh (My Namesake) Niiyaw (My Body) Gichi-aya’aa (Elder) Mindimooyenh (Female Elder) Ode’imin (Strawberry) Oodena (Village) Dewe’igan (Drum) Doodem (Clan) Giboodiyegwaazonag (Pants) Mazinaatesijigan (Television)

5. Pierre Trudeau & Rene Levesque If you no longer speak your language and no longer practice your culture, then you have no right to demand aboriginal rights from us, because you are assimilated with the ruling class. First Ministers of Canada Conference, 1983

6. Obama’s Criteria for Tribal Recognition by United Nations Living Language Living Identifiable Culture Sovereign Landbase

7. Ojibwe Fluency in MN & WI Red Lake, 400 Mille Lacs, 150 Leech Lake, 90 Nett Lake, 20 White Earth, 15 Grand Portage, 3 Fond du Lac, 0 St. Croix, 25 Lac Courte Oreilles, 10 Lac du Flambeau, 3 Bad River, 1 Red Cliff, 1 Mole Lake, 0

8. Importance of Language Identity (Blood, Place, Culture, LANGUAGE) Culture Ceremony Sovereignty History Literature Economy Health

9. Community Struggle Violence Health Education Economic Opportunity Drug & Alcohol Abuse

10. Community Solution Maori Hawaii Blackfeet, Crow, Mohawk Waadookodaading Niigaane

11. Resistance English Only Laws Lack of Awareness, Involvement, Commitment Valuing Otherness – Colonized Minds (Tobacco, Food, Alcohol, Poverty, Indian Time) Cultural Disconnection Funding Need for Resources

12. Resource Tool Box Get Informed on Your Resources (Speakers & Materials) Get Informed About What Does Work (Immersion, Grammar, Standard Ortho) Don’t Re-invent the Wheel (Acquire Everything That’s Already Here, Clearing House) COMMIT – Just Do It — the fire within

13. What Can I Do? Self Education – Language & Culture Advocacy – Language & Culture Awareness & Program Building Teach - Immersion Culture Based Social Work Culture Based Treatment Funding Initiatives Vote Parent

14. You can do it, whatever it is, in the language.