native language & culture

Kenny Pheasant first became a teacher of Anishinaabemowin at 14 years-old, teaching customers from behind the meat counter at a grocery store. Now, it's his life mission to get more people speaking the Great Lakes’ original and endangered language.

Kenny Pheasant first became a teacher of Anishinaabemowin at 14 years-old, teaching customers from behind the meat counter at a grocery store. Now, it's his life mission to get more people speaking the Great Lakes’ original and endangered language.

Almost 100,000 Native Americans make up twelve federally-recognized tribes in the state. Michigan is among a handful of states that formally recognize the holiday, which is Monday.

The First Nations Version of the New Testament aims to honor Native American language and thought patterns.

Folk singer Buffy Sainte-Marie will perform in Traverse City Tuesday night.Sainte-Marie’s career has spanned more than 50 years and taken her all over the…

We Michiganders tend to think of ourselves as having no accent, instead speaking with a perfect, neutral broadcast voice. But according to Ted...

The Dennos Museum Center is expanding its Inuit Gallery thanks to a one million dollar gift from Barbara and Dudley Smith III. Currently, the museum has…

NOTE: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said Indigenous Peoples Day would "replace" Columbus Day. Columbus Day, a federal holiday, has never…

More than a hundred years ago, Methodist missionaries set up Indian Mission churches in northern Michigan. The goal was to bring Christianity and to…

http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/LanguageCamp_WEB.mp3The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians are in the midst of a three-day language and…