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1. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Eddie Benton-Benai, Hayward, Wisconsin

Creator:
Benton-Benai, Eddie
Date Created:
1999-03-05
Description:
Bawdwaywidun (Eddie Benton-Benai) was active in the American Indian Movement (AIM), is a member of the Midewiwin Lodge, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe elder, speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. He speaks about his birth, name, and family but also history and culture.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

2. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with George Dick, Cloquet, Minnesota

Creator:
Dick, George, 1943-2013
Date Created:
1999-03
Description:
George Dick, Red Lake Ojibwe elder is speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Mr. Dick states: Don't ever make fun of anybody - don't - and don't ever forget anybody.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

3. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Jim Bedeau, Leech Lake, Minnesota

Creator:
Bedeau, Jim; Bedeau, James
Date Created:
1999-05-12
Description:
Jim Bedeau, Leech Lake Ojibwe elder who lives in Onigum, is speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. He tells a story in Ojibwe about vision and how to live a life from a baby forward. He speaks about teaching the children.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

4. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Jim Clark, Hinckley, Minnesota

Creator:
Clark, Jim, 1918-2008
Date Created:
1999-03
Description:
Mille Lacs Ojibwe elder Naawigiizis (Jim Clark) is speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. He worked for Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis from 1953, in purchasing and into a warehouse firm distributing to hospitals. Mr. Clark states about the Spirit: I wonder if he will listen to us when we are speaking a different language, when we use the white man's language.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

5. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Julie Shingobe, Mille Lacs, Minnesota

Creator:
Shingobe, Julie, 1929-2004
Date Created:
1999-05-12
Description:
Amikogaabowiikwe (Julie Shingobe), college graduate, chemical dependency counselor, member of the Grand Medicine Society/Midewiwin, and enrolled Mille Lacs elder is speaking Ojibwe, her first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Ms. Shingobe speaks of her birth and what she was taught. She remembered: "We were terrified of the nuns, we did not want to be there."
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

6. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Larry Smallwood, Mille Lacs, Minnesota

Creator:
Smallwood, Larry
Date Created:
1999-02-04
Description:
Amik O'Gaabaw (Larry Smallwood), director of language and culture for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and enrolled Mille Lacs elder is speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview (transcribed by Daniel Jones) for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Mr. Smallwood is often asked to tell stories in Ojibwe. He begins with, ""We have teachings that tell us about the different seasons.""
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

7. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Margaret Big George, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Big George, Margaret, 1945-2013
Date Created:
1999-11
Description:
Margaret "Sweet Pea" Big George, storyteller, accomplished jingle dress dancer, Big Island First Nations, Ojibwe elder is speaking Ojibwe, her first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Ms. Big George states: When we were let to, we always spoke the language.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

8. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Marlene Stately, Hinckley, Minnesota

Creator:
Stately, Marlene Robinson, 1941-
Date Created:
1999-03-12
Description:
Enrolled Leech Lake elder Anangookwe (Marlene Stately) is speaking Ojibwe, her first language (transcribed by Nancy Jones), in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. She has worked at the Arrowhead Community College, teaching Ojibwe language and at Niigane Immersion Schoo, and Bug O Nay Ge Shing School. She states, "Our children come first, so that they can listen to the way we speak."
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

9. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Mildred and Oliver Benjamin, Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Benjamin, Mildred, 1945-2009; Benjamin, Oliver, 1928-2003
Date Created:
1999-02-19
Description:
Makoons (Oliver Benjamin) and Zhaawanigiizhigookwe (Millie Benjamin), educator of Ojibwe Language and Culture grades 4 through 12 at Nay Ah Shing School on the Mille Lacs reservation, are speaking Ojibwe, their first language, in interviews for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Mrs. Benjamin tells a story in Ojibwe about Wenaboozhoo; Nanabozho and why it is important for children to speak the language and to continue it. Mr. Benjamin speaks about his background and teaching the children.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

10. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Ole Nickaboine, Onamia, Minnesota

Creator:
Benjamin, Oliver, 1928-2003
Date Created:
1999-02-19
Description:
Makoons (Ole Nickaboine) Educator of Ojibwe Language and Culture grades 4 through 12 at Nay Ah Shing School on the Mille Lacs reservation, Mille Lacs Ojibwe elders speaking Ojibwe,his first language, in interviews for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. He speaks about teaching children and teaching them the Ojibwe language.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories

11. Waasa Inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions, Interview with Raining Boyd, Mille Lacs, Minnesota

Creator:
Boyd, Raining, 1921-2009
Date Created:
1999-03-15
Description:
Gi Mi Wun (Raining Boyd), army veteran, truck driver retiring in 1978, singer and member of the drum society and Mille Lacs Ojibwe elder is speaking Ojibwe, his first language, in an interview for a television documentary on the history and culture of Lake Superior Anishinaabe. Mr. Boyd states: As an Indian being helped from the spirits, there is an the understanding of what is being talked about by the Indian.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library, University Archives
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
Oral histories
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