Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak

About Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak

Boozhoo Anishinaabedoog! Welcome to Anishinaabe Radio! Hosted by Erik Redix, Ojibwe Language Coordinator for the Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe, Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak features Ojibwe first speakers telling stories in English and Ojibwemowin—the Ojibwe Language. Produced by Staci Drouillard, Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak is a partnership between the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe and WTIP Community Radio and is funded in part by the MN Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Publisher

WTIP North Shore Community Radio

Category

education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Feb 2025

Latest episode

20 Mar 2025

Latest episodes

28 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Mar 2025

   Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak Ep. 28 - "New Rice, Manoominike and Northern Lights"

   Episode 28 is with Nancy Jones, elder from Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nations. She shares cultural teachings in Ojibwemowin and English about "new" rice and the wild rice harvest. She also talks about Northern Lights, and traditional ways of thinking about the aurora.

2. 

   11 Mar 2025

   Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak Ep. 27 - Ogimaawigwanebiik "Medicine, Howling Dogs and Thunderbirds"

   For this next episode our conversation continues with Ogimaawigwanebiik–Nancy Jones, from Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nations. She shares her understanding of traditions and teachings related to preparing medicines, pipe offerings and some of the things we can learn from our animal teachers. Stories include the reason dogs howl, when certain animals visit and teachings about Thunderbirds.

3. 

   11 Mar 2025

   Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak Ep. 26 – Ogimaawigwanebiik "Women’s Teachings and Being a Drum Keeper"

   Episode 26 is a conversation with Ogimaawigwanebiik, Nancy Jones. A renowned elder and Ojbwemowin first speaker from Nigigoonsiminikaaning, Ogimaawigwanebiik shares teachings about being a drum keeper, pow wow traditions and women’s teachings. Includes a bonus story about hunting for different types of wild game and winter life in the bush, on the trapline.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

228,369

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100

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Quality

94

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

0

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