Native Voices

Launching a year and a half ago, the three-person business is trying to bolster Ojibwe language and culture in the Midwest—in a fun, accessible way

Language is the center-point of any culture. For Indigenous people, keeping and carrying forward their language becomes a decolonial act — a reclamation of space

Wayne Valliere is an artist and award-winning birchbark canoe builder with the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe.But this summer, he’s not only building canoes.He’s…

Elliot Johnson, Ganebik Johnson and Trysten Mustache have been playing the drums since they were toddlers.Now in middle and high school, the boys formed a…