Naadamaading: Dibaajimowinan Ji-Nisdotaading

By Jonathan Thunder

Meet Makoons and her friend Nigigoons. Together with their other friends and family, they go berrying and fishing, and listen to the stories of the elders.
These original stories, written in Ojibwe by a storytelling team of first language speakers and scholars, delight readers and language learners with the antics of animals who playfully deal with situations familiar to children in all cultures: learning to work with others, listening to elders, venturing out alone, playing and working hard, and dodging dangers in the big world that surrounds their smaller lives. Interwoven in the stories are threads of Ojibwe culture and tradition. Suitable for all ages, this book can be read aloud, assigned to classes, shared at language tables, gifted to elders, and enjoyed by those curious about the language and Ojibwe culture.
Authored by a team of eleven and richly illustrated by Ojibwe artist Jonathan Thunder, Naadamaading was created to encourage learning Anishinaabemowin, the language of Ojibwe people. It is a monolingual text presented only in Anishinaabemowin.

• Language: Ojibwa
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Release date: Aug 31, 2021
• ISBN: 9781681342238

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Naadamaading

Naadamaading

DIBAAJIMOWINAN JI-NISIDOTAADING

EDITED BY ANTON TREUER

ILLUSTRATED BY JONATHAN THUNDER

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Originally published in 2013 by Wiigwaas Press.

The first edition of this book was published in partnership with the Fond du Lac Tribal College and the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College in Cloquet, Minnesota, in conjunction with Ojibwemotaadidaa Omaa Gidakiiminaang, Ojibwe Immersion Academy, and funded, in part, by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.

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