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As an Anishinaabe household of 5 (including the dog), join us as we share our experiences raising our children speaking to them in Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe language) as Second Language Learners ourselves. Anishinaabemowin is the language of the Anishinaabe people - also known as Ojibwe. It is an Indigenous language that has been targeted by genocide since settlers arrived on Turtle Island (North America). This is our commitment to helping fight and reclaim OUR SOUND- ENWEYING.
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Send us a text Join us as we sit with Dr. Michael Migizi Sullivan Sr, an incredible father and second language learner of Ojibwemowin. He's the Faculty Director of Native American Studies at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College. He earned his PhD in linguistics from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Migizi has helped both Ozaawaa and I durin…
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Send us a text We are very excited to share this episode with you as we speak with Kahawani, also known as Mary Antone, from the Oneida Nation People of the Standing Stone. Kahawani, another second language learner, speaks with us as she is raising her daughter in the Oneida language. Join us as we share our similar experiences and insight to Kahaw…
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Send us a text We welcome Nishinaabemwin Bemwidood - Falcon McLeod-Shabogesic an Anishinaabe from Nipissing First Nation to Enweying. We're excited to share his stories of his second language learning experiences, educational pathways he's paved as an Nishinaabemwin educator to embedding language into the sinews of daily life as a parent passing do…
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Send us a text This episodes topic mostly cover what we’ve been up to since the last seasons releases. We experienced a global pandemic which changed many things in our day to day life. Our children are older and the family has grown together through the natural changes of life as we navigated the Covid era. This episode covers updates with the tra…
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Send us a text In this final episode of Season 1, of “Enweying - Our Sound” we reflect on our families’ journey since creating the podcast the feedback we have received since creating it and the emotions brought on with this podcast moving across Turtle Island through this “big spiders web.” We share some moments we are grateful for as we created t…
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Send us a text FULL Interview with Kate Adach from CBC. 18 Minutes of this interview was broadcasted on CBC’s Program: Unreserved, as well as through CBC Indigenous. In this 53 min interview solely with Mshkogaabwid Kwe (Emmaline) hear the more in-depth answers Emmaline shares and digs deeper into her and Ozaawaa’s (Monty) backstory as a couple. We…
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Send us a text This episode we opened up a bit more about our past and our family dynamics. We discuss what it was that drove us to have this life, how our families felt about it, barriers we face connecting with Anishinaabemowin First Speakers, and being noticed within community while speaking. We cover sharing our journeys with our families, how …
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Send us a text In this episode, we talk about why children should learn grammar...kind of. We give our reasons in how and why children and adults need to learn the grammatical aspects of the language. We also discuss why adults need to know the more technical aspects of Anishinaabemowin and how we share our knowledge of 'grammar patterns' with our …
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Send us a text During this episode we touch on times we have struggled trying to stay motivated and encouraged while parenting in an Anishinaabemowin Immersion household. We also speak on times of things that we found were obstacles to get over in our own personal learning journeys as we learned Anishinaabemowin as adults.PSA: If you do not wish to…
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Send us a text In this episode we touch on times that we have laughed while learning, times we have learned a lot and why, and times we felt rewarded in the home teaching our children the language. PSA: If you do not wish to listen to us speaking Anishinaabemowin skip to 13 min Follow us on Instagram @oursound.enweying linktr.ee/enweying.oursound M…
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Send us a text Boozhoo! Hello! An introduction to our family. Ozaawaa Giizhigo Ginew & Mshkogaabwid Kwe speak in Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway) and English to explain our families journey as we raise our children in Anishinaabemowin as Second Language Learners. Get to know us as we share times we have spent learning the language we which found enjoyabl…
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