Living Our Language: Ojibwe Tales and Oral Histories

by Anton Treuer

Book Overview

A language carries a people's memories, whether they are recounted as individual reminiscences, as communal history, or as humorous tales. This collection of stories from Anishinaabe elders offers a history of a people at the same time that it seeks to preserve the language of that people.>

As fluent speakers of Ojibwe grow older, the community questions whether younger speakers know the language well enough to pass it on to the next generation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873514041
• ISBN13: 9780873514040
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"