Obizaan on Ojibwemowin, Women’s Intuition and the Spirit Within
Hosted by Erik Redix, Grand Portage Ojibwe Language Coordinator, Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak is a bilingual program featuring first speakers telling stories in Ojibwemowin and English. In this short story from Episode 22 Mille Lacs elder Obizaan–Lee Staples, shares teachings about gichichagonan–the spirit within, and why going to ceremony and learning and speaking Ojibwemowin is so important for Anishinaabe people.
Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak Episodes 21 and 22 with Obizaan and Chato Gonzales received a first-place award for “Specialty Programming” at the Midwest Broadcast Journalism Association awards in 2024. Listen to complete versions of Episode 21 and Episode 22.
With thanks to the Blandin Foundation, for supporting cultural programming on WTIP.
Anishinaabe Bizindamoo Makak is supported in part by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
