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Discovering Ojibwe, a multimedia approach to learning about the Ojibwe culture and language, has announced three projects it will be working on during the summer of 2010: Discovering The Little Brothers The Ojibwe Hand Drum Ojibwe Place Name The audio version of the three projects will be broadcast on 91.7 KAXE, Northern Community Radio based in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, with funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Video coverage will be used on various educational websites and there are preliminary plans to incorporate the multimedia coverage into Ojibwe language apps for cell phones. Discovering Ojibwe was founded by Chelsea Annette and Luke Durand, the author and illustrator respectively of “Discovering The Little Brothers” - the first of a series of children’s books about the Ojibwe language and culture. The audio version of the book will be broadcast on 91.7 KAXE during the Morning Show with Scott Hall and Maggie Montgomery at 8:10 AM on Wednesday, June 23, 2010. The next phase of this project is to expand on the 11 Ojibwe teachings in the book and show how they relate to modern life. These 11 five-minute audio segments are scheduled for broadcast on 91.7 KAXE in early Fall 2010. The second project is a one-hour radio documentary about the Ojibwe Hand Drum. Elders, drummers, and other experts will share their knowledge about the proper way to show respect to a hand drum and what it means for a drum to be an animate object with a spirit. 91.7 KAXE will broadcast the documentary in late Fall 2010. The third project is the start of an on-going plan to collect information about the Ojibwe names of locations in northern Minnesota. The idea is to find out what the Ojibwe name for a town or lake is or was and then discuss with elders and other knowledgeable experts about what the Ojibwe name means and why it was given to that location. Great emphasis will be placed on encouraging all local residents to participate in this project. 10 three-minute audio segments about specific locations will be broadcast on 91.7 KAXE during the Winter of 2010 with more to come as the project develops. Discovering Ojibwe has partnered with DMcD Productions, Inc. of Grand Rapids, Minnesota to handle all the technical aspects of the multimedia production including video, photography, and audio recording. DMcD Productions also serves as the publisher of the Discovering Ojibwe book series. |
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