Indigenous Languages

These lessons explain Anishinaabe grammar. The vocabulary is primarily Ojibwe and Odawa.

Additional Ojibwe language resources from the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians.

A website created by the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Anishinaabemowin Program featuring language videos as well as sections on grammar, everyday terms, and culture.

This is an Ojibwe language learning and story sharing site for children and adults.

A 5-part video series of lessons on the Ojibwe Language created in partnership by the Wii Chiiwaakanak Learning Centre and the University of Winnipeg.

This site includes vocabulary audio files in Ojibwe and English. Categories include clans, everyday language, giving thanks, Medicine Wheel Teachings, and many more.

Available at MacEwan (Print: PM853 .J64 2007)
This thesaurus contains a useful sampling of the 400,000 words comprising the Anishinaubae language and is intended to be a practical reference tool for teachers, translators, interpreters, and orthographers.

Free Online
This is a searchable, talking Ojibwe-English dictionary featuring the voices of Ojibwe speakers. Along with detailed Ojibwe language entries and voices, this site contains cultural items, photographs, and excerpts from relevant historical documents.

Available at Partner Library
Each lesson has Ojibwe vocabulary, dialogues and grammatical explanations with short stories added in later lessons. A two-way glossary at the back contains useful vocabulary, expressions, and place names from Canada and the USA.

This app helps with learning common Anishinaabe phrases through a game-based approach. Supporting content includes a pronunciation guide. The content for this app has been provided by Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory.

This app is an intermediate level Anishinaabe language tool to help with learning and conversing in Ojibwe. It focuses on verbs and their conjugation.

This is a video learning series on the Ojibwe language.