Programs and Courses
SHINGWAUK KINOOMAAGE GAMIG COURSES
Courses to being offered during the Fall 2009 Academic Year.
All courses are developed and instructed by Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig and offered under the degree programs of The University of Sudbury and Algoma University. We are currently offering two degree granting programs:
Courses to being offered during the Fall 2009 Academic Year.
All courses are developed and instructed by Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig and offered under the degree programs of The University of Sudbury and Algoma University. We are currently offering two degree granting programs:
ALL COURSES ARE FULLY ACCREDITED AND CAN BE APPLIED TO VARIOUS UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS Through Algoma University
FALL-2009
FALL-2009
-ANISHINAABE STUDIES - Bachelor of Arts (4 -Year) (pending)
ANISHINAABE STUDIES - Bachelor of Arts (4 -Year) (pending)
Anishinaabe Studies is an exciting program that explores Anishinaabe peoples in the twenty-first century. The program will provide an Anishinaabe approach to education by incorporating tradition and culture into the curriculum, while incorporating pre-Columbian history and keeping Anishinaabe roles and traditions in tact.
Courses offered under the Anishinaabe Studies in 2008 include:
ANIS 1006 Ayzhi dibawji moyawn (Anishinaabe Peoples & Our Homelands)
This course will examine world view, including the philosophy and history (oral and written, Wampum Belts, Birch-Bark Scrolls, etc.). The student will be engaged in discussion and exploration of the concept of inherent right -- its meaning and significance - as well as the connection between land and (i) the Anishinaabe Peoples, (ii) Nationhood and, (iii) sovereignty.
(3 cr )
ANIS 1007 Ayzhi dibawji moyawn (Anishinaabe Peoples & Our Homelands II)
This course will explore the Anishinaabe world beginning at the time of contact (in 1492) and the impact on Anishinaabe peoples, in terms of population, disease (epidemic/pandemic), colonialism and oppression. The course provides students with an introduction to the Treaty process (Pontiac and Royal Proclamation, 1763) and the impacts on Anishinaabe nations from an economic, social and territorial perspective.
(3 cr )
ANIS 2006 Wiidjigaam gewe jibayek (Anishinaabe Social Issues)
The course will examine the traditional social structures within the Anishinaabe nations and society. The focus will be on traditional values and family systems as derived from the Seven Teachings and Clan System. Using oral and written (including archival sources), the course will examine the contemporary issues facing Anishinaabe nations, citizens and families, as well as the contemporary and historical role of the Midewiwin in Anishinaabe history.
(3 cr )
*NATI 3215 E NATIVE COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH METHODS
Designed to lead the student through the various steps of doing research in a Native context and to provide the student with the skills necessary for discovering, describing and analyzing community attitudes, ways of thinking, traditional knowledge and appropriate interaction from a distinctly Native perspective. The course introduces the student to a variety of research methods and is designed to enable the student to develop research skills based on principles which reflect a respect for and an awareness of the existing belief systems in First Nations communities. The application of these skills to community concerns of language and culture revitalization, politics, education, health, family and community is examined. Students may not retain credit for both NATI 3215 & 2215 (6 cr)
*This course is instructed by Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig, and offered under the degree programs of the University of Sudbury.
ANIS 2007 Gdaa Mikweenimaanan Pontiacbun, Tecumsehbun, miinwaa Shingwaukbun (Anishinaabe Social Movements)
The course will explore Anishinaabe social activism in a contemporary context. Attention will be given to the American Indian Movement, Women's Rights, and Environmental Rights. The impact of Anishinaabe activism on social issues such as poverty, oppression and Anishinaabe ideologies will also be examined.
(3 cr )
ANIS 1006 Ayzhi dibawji moyawn (Anishinaabe Peoples & Our Homelands)
This course will examine world view, including the philosophy and history (oral and written, Wampum Belts, Birch-Bark Scrolls, etc.). The student will be engaged in discussion and exploration of the concept of inherent right -- its meaning and significance - as well as the connection between land and (i) the Anishinaabe Peoples, (ii) Nationhood and, (iii) sovereignty.
(3 cr )
ANIS 1007 Ayzhi dibawji moyawn (Anishinaabe Peoples & Our Homelands II)
This course will explore the Anishinaabe world beginning at the time of contact (in 1492) and the impact on Anishinaabe peoples, in terms of population, disease (epidemic/pandemic), colonialism and oppression. The course provides students with an introduction to the Treaty process (Pontiac and Royal Proclamation, 1763) and the impacts on Anishinaabe nations from an economic, social and territorial perspective.
(3 cr )
ANIS 2006 Wiidjigaam gewe jibayek (Anishinaabe Social Issues)
The course will examine the traditional social structures within the Anishinaabe nations and society. The focus will be on traditional values and family systems as derived from the Seven Teachings and Clan System. Using oral and written (including archival sources), the course will examine the contemporary issues facing Anishinaabe nations, citizens and families, as well as the contemporary and historical role of the Midewiwin in Anishinaabe history.
(3 cr )
*NATI 3215 E NATIVE COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH METHODS
Designed to lead the student through the various steps of doing research in a Native context and to provide the student with the skills necessary for discovering, describing and analyzing community attitudes, ways of thinking, traditional knowledge and appropriate interaction from a distinctly Native perspective. The course introduces the student to a variety of research methods and is designed to enable the student to develop research skills based on principles which reflect a respect for and an awareness of the existing belief systems in First Nations communities. The application of these skills to community concerns of language and culture revitalization, politics, education, health, family and community is examined. Students may not retain credit for both NATI 3215 & 2215 (6 cr)
*This course is instructed by Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig, and offered under the degree programs of the University of Sudbury.
ANIS 2007 Gdaa Mikweenimaanan Pontiacbun, Tecumsehbun, miinwaa Shingwaukbun (Anishinaabe Social Movements)
The course will explore Anishinaabe social activism in a contemporary context. Attention will be given to the American Indian Movement, Women's Rights, and Environmental Rights. The impact of Anishinaabe activism on social issues such as poverty, oppression and Anishinaabe ideologies will also be examined.
(3 cr )
ANISHINAABEMOWIN - Bachelor of Arts (3-year)
Anishinaabemowin is a unique program offering basic to advanced-level instruction in the Ojibwe language. It is the only three-year Bachelor degree in Canada focusing on the Ojibwe language and culture.
Anishinaabemowin is a unique program offering basic to advanced-level instruction in the Ojibwe language. It is the only three-year Bachelor degree in Canada focusing on the Ojibwe language and culture.
Courses offered under the Anishinaabemowin include:
ANIS 1016 Introductory Anishinaabemowin 1
This course introduces students to oral Anishinaabemowin with skills and concepts necessary for a basic understanding of the Anishinaabe oral sound system. The course assists students in acquiring skills for speaking, reading, and writing the language. Topics of discussion sensitize students to the culture and customs of the Anishinaabe people. This course is intended for students with no previous knowledge of the Anishinaabe language. Students cannot not retain credits for both ANIS 1016 & OJIB 1005. (LEC 3, LAB 1)
(3 cr )
ANIS 1017 Introductory
Anishinaabemowin II This course builds on the concepts acquired in ANIS 1016 and introduces students to the concepts necessary to expand their vocabulary and to be able to converse and answer questions in the Anishinaabe language while communicating about a variety of topics. Students continue to examine relationships of the Anishinaabe language to various cultural concepts. Students cannot retain credit for both ANIS 1017 & OJIB 1005.
(LEC. 3, LAB 1) (3) cr
ANIS 2015 E Anishinaabe Culture and Civilization
Anishinaabe cultural concepts will be studied in a variety of ways, including readings, guest speaker presentations, film showings, and field trips, in addition to the classroom sessions. Trips will be dependent upon the scheduling and proximity of cultural events. The course will enhance the students' knowledge of the Anishinaabe language by discovering how the language is intertwined with the culture; that is, the language conveys the culture. Cultural topics to be studied might include, but are not limited to, sharing, dance, fasting, gift giving, the naming ceremony, relationship to the earth, people and other living beings, songs, legends, health, medicines.
(LEC/EXP 3) (6 cr)
ANIS 2016 Intermediate Anishinaabemowin I
This course is a study of the grammar of the Anishinaabe language and in particular of the verb form with an inanimate object. Students have opportunities to communicate through writing and conversational practice using full sentences. The study of cultural materials is also included. Students cannot retain credit for both ANIS 2016 and OJIB 2005.
(LEC 3, LAB 1) (3 cr)
ANIS 2017 Intermediate Anishinaabemowin II
This course expands on the principles learned in ANIS 2016 offering a more in depth investigation of the grammar of the Anishinaabe language. The course develops stronger communication skills through intensive oral and written practice. Students gain a greater understanding of the Anishinaabe culture via various forms of written and contemporary expression. Students cannot retain credit for both ANIS 2017 and OJIB 2005.
(LEC 3, LAB 1) (3 cr)
ANIS 3025 N Seminar in Advanced Language Studies
This course will further investigate the grammar of the language. Oral histories, humorous stories, general stories, legends, and narrative stories will be used to illustrate the complexities of the language. As verbs make up 80% of the language, the verb structure will be further analysed. The students will compare and contrast selected linguistic articles for their accuracy and inaccuracy in representing how the language works. Written and oral assignments of various degrees of difficulty will enhance the students' command of the language.
(LEC 3) (6 cr)
ANIS 3016 Advanced Anishinaabemowin I
In this course, students study structure patterns and written forms of the Anishinaabe language using the verb which takes an animate object. Linguistic rules and concepts are introduced as tools to the understanding of language development. Oral and written exercises of various levels of linguistic difficulty help students acquire a fluent and idiomatic command of the Anishinaabe language. The course involves the study of cultural material and includes exercises in composition and in translation from a student's first language. Conducted in Anishinaabemowin.
Students may not retain credit for ANIS 3016 and OJIB 3005.
(LEC 3, LAB 1) (3 cr)
ANIS 3017 Advanced Anishinaabemowin II
This course introduces students to structures used to express doubt, conjecture and to indicate past intentions. The course will look at the negative sentence structures for the verb which takes an animate object, both for the regular and inverse forms. The study of cultural materials will continue. Conducted in Anishinaabemowin.
Students may not retain credit for ANIS 3017 and OJIB 3005.
(LEC 3, LAB 1) (3 cr)
ANIS 3105 N Anishinaabe Oral Literature
This course will investigate the problems of reading and writing associated with Anishinaabemowin. Regional differences will be explored, compared, and analysed. Several dictionaries will be reviewed to illustrate some of the problems associated with writing. Students will compose short stories and/or legends using the writing systems of the dictionaries selected for the course. Students will also write down stories presented orally by the instructor, guest speakers, or on audio tape, using a writing system assigned by the instructor. Discussion about the problems encountered in writing and in reading will be led by each student as part of oral class presentations. The students will orate in the Anishinaabe language and they will be expected to tell a short story or legend.
(LEC 3) (6 cr)
ANIS 1016 Introductory Anishinaabemowin 1
This course introduces students to oral Anishinaabemowin with skills and concepts necessary for a basic understanding of the Anishinaabe oral sound system. The course assists students in acquiring skills for speaking, reading, and writing the language. Topics of discussion sensitize students to the culture and customs of the Anishinaabe people. This course is intended for students with no previous knowledge of the Anishinaabe language. Students cannot not retain credits for both ANIS 1016 & OJIB 1005. (LEC 3, LAB 1)
(3 cr )
ANIS 1017 Introductory
Anishinaabemowin II This course builds on the concepts acquired in ANIS 1016 and introduces students to the concepts necessary to expand their vocabulary and to be able to converse and answer questions in the Anishinaabe language while communicating about a variety of topics. Students continue to examine relationships of the Anishinaabe language to various cultural concepts. Students cannot retain credit for both ANIS 1017 & OJIB 1005.
(LEC. 3, LAB 1) (3) cr
ANIS 2015 E Anishinaabe Culture and Civilization
Anishinaabe cultural concepts will be studied in a variety of ways, including readings, guest speaker presentations, film showings, and field trips, in addition to the classroom sessions. Trips will be dependent upon the scheduling and proximity of cultural events. The course will enhance the students' knowledge of the Anishinaabe language by discovering how the language is intertwined with the culture; that is, the language conveys the culture. Cultural topics to be studied might include, but are not limited to, sharing, dance, fasting, gift giving, the naming ceremony, relationship to the earth, people and other living beings, songs, legends, health, medicines.
(LEC/EXP 3) (6 cr)
ANIS 2016 Intermediate Anishinaabemowin I
This course is a study of the grammar of the Anishinaabe language and in particular of the verb form with an inanimate object. Students have opportunities to communicate through writing and conversational practice using full sentences. The study of cultural materials is also included. Students cannot retain credit for both ANIS 2016 and OJIB 2005.
(LEC 3, LAB 1) (3 cr)
ANIS 2017 Intermediate Anishinaabemowin II
This course expands on the principles learned in ANIS 2016 offering a more in depth investigation of the grammar of the Anishinaabe language. The course develops stronger communication skills through intensive oral and written practice. Students gain a greater understanding of the Anishinaabe culture via various forms of written and contemporary expression. Students cannot retain credit for both ANIS 2017 and OJIB 2005.
(LEC 3, LAB 1) (3 cr)
ANIS 3025 N Seminar in Advanced Language Studies
This course will further investigate the grammar of the language. Oral histories, humorous stories, general stories, legends, and narrative stories will be used to illustrate the complexities of the language. As verbs make up 80% of the language, the verb structure will be further analysed. The students will compare and contrast selected linguistic articles for their accuracy and inaccuracy in representing how the language works. Written and oral assignments of various degrees of difficulty will enhance the students' command of the language.
(LEC 3) (6 cr)
ANIS 3016 Advanced Anishinaabemowin I
In this course, students study structure patterns and written forms of the Anishinaabe language using the verb which takes an animate object. Linguistic rules and concepts are introduced as tools to the understanding of language development. Oral and written exercises of various levels of linguistic difficulty help students acquire a fluent and idiomatic command of the Anishinaabe language. The course involves the study of cultural material and includes exercises in composition and in translation from a student's first language. Conducted in Anishinaabemowin.
Students may not retain credit for ANIS 3016 and OJIB 3005.
(LEC 3, LAB 1) (3 cr)
ANIS 3017 Advanced Anishinaabemowin II
This course introduces students to structures used to express doubt, conjecture and to indicate past intentions. The course will look at the negative sentence structures for the verb which takes an animate object, both for the regular and inverse forms. The study of cultural materials will continue. Conducted in Anishinaabemowin.
Students may not retain credit for ANIS 3017 and OJIB 3005.
(LEC 3, LAB 1) (3 cr)
ANIS 3105 N Anishinaabe Oral Literature
This course will investigate the problems of reading and writing associated with Anishinaabemowin. Regional differences will be explored, compared, and analysed. Several dictionaries will be reviewed to illustrate some of the problems associated with writing. Students will compose short stories and/or legends using the writing systems of the dictionaries selected for the course. Students will also write down stories presented orally by the instructor, guest speakers, or on audio tape, using a writing system assigned by the instructor. Discussion about the problems encountered in writing and in reading will be led by each student as part of oral class presentations. The students will orate in the Anishinaabe language and they will be expected to tell a short story or legend.
(LEC 3) (6 cr)
