Gookom’s Language: Learning Ojibwe

Using this 2nd edition textbook (2024) you can learn to speak Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe). Each lesson has vocabulary, dialogues and grammatical explanations. Short stories are added in later lessons.  At the back of the book is a two-way glossary which contains useful vocabulary and place-names from Canada and the United States.

Indigenous knowledge and perspectives are foundational to outdoor learning and learning from the Land, and that learning that language of the local Land is a critical part of deepening knowledge and understanding.

Author Patricia Ningewance has been teaching Ojibwe for over 40 years and includes her successful learning style in this book. Ms. Ningewance won the Order of Canada in 2023 for her language reclamation work.