Ojibwe Program Receives Major Grant to Accelerate Ojibwe Instruction

In a unique collaboration between Bemidji State University and Mankato State University, students from both institutions will engage in shared experiential learning in multiple sites and through interactive instruction at both campuses.

Minnesota State University, Mankato’s American Indigenous Studies Program, in partnership with Bemidji State University, has been awarded a $64,208 multicampus collaboration grant through the Minnesota State system for an Ojibwe Language Consortium.

The grant will support an ongoing collaboration with Bemidji State University, which offers Ojibwe language courses to students at BSU and Minnesota State Mankato, as well as expand the existing partnership to include experiential learning opportunities and community engagement for students enrolled in the courses.

Source: https://mankato.mnsu.edu/about-the-univers...

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