Michael Sullivan, who comes from an Ojibwe mother and an Irish father, sees similarities between the two cultures in that there are those fighting to revitalize their languages in a world dominated by English.
“In our community, we’re working against the clock documenting as much of our language as we can from our last generation of Native speakers,” he said.
Sullivan works as an Ojibwe linguistics instructor at the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School in Hayward. He said the Ojibwe language is not just a tool for communication, but is essential to be used in Ojibwe ceremonies, songs and other rituals vital to their culture.
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March 16, 2021 Model of Micronesian Wa.
Canoes are one of the oldest and still most widely used global Indigenous technologies. Their functionality and cultural significance allow them to be vessels for transportation, a positive foundation for building relationships, and a teaching and learning space. Canoes are also a strong cultural symbol with ties to Traditional Ecological Knowledge and environmental stewardship.
“This exhibit is a representation of the ongoing relationship building and knowledge exchange between three Indigenous communities around Mnisota Makoce,” said Jacob Bernier, a Red River Métis descendant who grew up in St. Paul, a graduate student in Heritage Studies and Public History (HSPH) in the College of Design and is one of the exhibit’s two Indigenous student curators. “These are canoe communities. The focus on revitalizing canoe traditions and the continuance of these ways of knowing is important to future generations. These traditional