Dibajimowin
Digital stories made by community
Each personal story shares insights into the barriers to language learning and cultural connection — as well as the many ways we are resilient and relentless.
Stories & teachings
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Listen to community members share stories of language, culture, identity, family, and belonging.
Featured story
Pride and Consequences
Rick tells the first Algonquin story he ever heard.
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Digital storyFringe Benefits
Deb’s buckskin jacket is a magnet for the Indigenous students in her school.
Digital storyEagle in Lacrosse
TJ shares a story about an eagle who is excluded from playing with friends.
Digital storyIspiciwin
Cree
Justin shares how he learned Cree at university in a unique classroom.
Digital storyRemembering
Travis reflects on how his memories of Oka inspire him to fight for Belle Island.
Digital storyThis is Who We Are
Mireille remembers her grandson’s naming ceremony.
Digital storyWords Hurt but Words can Heal
Michelle considers how words have the power to hurt, and the power to heal.
Digital storyThe Inner Voice of Language
Laurel remembers the elder who taught her the phrases she knows in her language.
Digital storyBecoming Me
Kate reflects on the people who helped her feel that she belongs in her community.
Digital storyTewehige
Algonquin
Judi shares how the drum helps her find her voice.
Digital storyMoccasins
Anishnaabemowin
Carol Ann receives her grandmother’s moccasins as a graduation gift.
Digital storyJiigishkwaand
Ojibway
Armand reflects on the connection between language and the ancestors.
Digital storyKanien’keha
Mohawk
James reflects on how his children’s learning Mohawk has impacted the whole family.
Digital storyUntitled
Osinikwe tells the story of love for her bird children and her grandson.
Digital storyThe Woman who Opens the Door
Shannon reflects on how understanding her names taught her languages of respect and humour.
Digital storyMidaasoshiswe
Ojibway
Mishiikenh finds his way back to the sacred number 13.
