OJIB 100 Ojibwe Culture and Language
This course applies an immersion approach to learning ojibwemowin, the Ojibwe language. The language offers key insights into the formation and transmission of Ojibwe cultural identities and worldviews. The course is part of larger community efforts to retain and use ojibwemowin and contribute to world-wide efforts to preserve Indigenous languages. Students in the course will learn ojibwemowin grammatical structures and build a working vocabulary sufficient for beginning-level conversations.
4 Undergraduate credits
Effective April 21, 2011 to present
Meets graduation requirements for
Learning outcomes
General
- Introduce students to basic vocabulary and grammar of the Ojibwe language.
- Introduce students to details of Ojibwe culture as contained in the language.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum
Goal 7: Human Diversity
- Understand the development of and the changing meanings of group identities in the United States' history and culture.
- Demonstrate an awareness of the individual and institutional dynamics of unequal power relations between groups in contemporary society.
- Analyze their own attitudes, behaviors, concepts and beliefs regarding diversity, racism, and bigotry.
- Describe and discuss the experience and contributions (political, social, economic, etc.) of the many groups that shape American society and culture, in particular those groups that have suffered discrimination and exclusion.
- Demonstrate communication skills necessary for living and working effectively in a society with great population diversity.
Goal 8: Global Perspective
- Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.
- Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.
- Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.
- Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.
Spring 2024
| Section | Title | Instructor | books | eservices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Ojibwe Culture and Language | Muldrew, Aandeg Jedi Miann | Books for OJIB-100-01 Spring 2024 | Course details for OJIB-100-01 Spring 2024 |
Fall 2024
| Section | Title | Instructor | books | eservices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Ojibwe Culture and Language | Staff, Staff | Books for OJIB-100-01 Fall 2024 | Course details for OJIB-100-01 Fall 2024 |