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Indigenous Knowledge and the Academy

Quinn Meawasige talks about the Anishinaabemowin Certificate Program at Algoma University through Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig, SKG (https://shingwauku.ca/). He discusses the importance of grammar, which provides the tools necessary to understand the structure of language. The program also includes an immersion component in the spring. SKG is a teaching lodge that allows students to “acquire the […]

Quinn Meawasige talks about the Anishinaabemowin Certificate Program at Algoma University through Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig, SKG (https://shingwauku.ca/). He discusses the importance of grammar, which provides the tools necessary to understand the structure of language. The program also includes an immersion component in the spring. SKG is a teaching lodge that allows students to “acquire the necessary educational tools in modern society without compromising the values of [Anishinaabe] culture and traditions.”