Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
Jourdain also visited students at Bemidji Middle School and was scheduled to speak at BSU's American Indian Resource but the event was cancelled due to weather. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer)
Gordon Jourdain, a teacher in the Misaabekong Ojibwe Language Immersion program in Duluth, tells traditional stories to Gene Dillon Elementary students on Thursday. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer)
BEMIDJI-Some Bemidji Area Schools students got a taste of Ojibwe language and culture Thursday.
Gordon Maajiigwaneyaash Jourdain's first language is Ojibwemowin and he teaches at Duluth Public Schools' Missabekong Ojibwe Immersion Program. Jourdain is an experienced storyteller who speaks more-or-less extemporaneously, and he spent most of Thursday regaling students at Bemidji Middle School and Gene Dillon Elementary with tales from his youth.
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