Canku Ota - October 5, 2002 - Waasa Inaabidaa

	Canku Ota
	(Many Paths)
	An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America
	October 5, 2002 - Issue 71


	Waasa Inaabidaa - We Look In All Directions
	Waasa Inaabidaa

Duluth, MN, Waasa Inaabidaa - We Look In All Directions is a six-part television documentary series produced by WDSE in Duluth, Minn., about the second largest tribe in North America, the Anishinaabe/Ojibwe (Chippewa) nation of the upper Great Lakes region. The series includes more than 100 interviews with tribal elders, historians, youth and leaders from the 19 Ojibwe bands in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. These interviews, along with 3,000 archival photographs, interviews with academic historians, original and historic artwork, and dramatic re-enactments, illustrate the Ojibwe people, culture and language through the past two centuries.

The series is scheduled to air in November and can be seen on PBS (Public Broadcast Systems) and APTN (Aboriginal People's Television Network). Please check your local listings for dates and times. Waasa Inaabidaa is being distributed by American Public Television Service and has been nominated for eleven regional EMMY's. A music CD and book will be available.

The series is comprised of six hour-long episodes:

Gakina Awiiya

Gikinoo’amaadiwin

Gaa Miinigooyang

Gwayakochigewin

Bimaadiziwin

Ojibewmowin

We Are All Related

We Gain Knowledge

That Which is Given To Us

Making Decisions the Right Way

A Healthy Way of Life

Ojibwe Oral Tradition

Environment

Education

Economy

Leadership

Health

Language

Outreach components include a website (www.ojibwe.org) downloadable teacher guides for each episode, and a companion book written by Ojibwe author Dr. Thomas Peacock and photo editor Marlene Wisuri and published by Afton Historical Society. The series is narrated by Winona LaDuke (White Earth Ojibwe, Green Party vice-presidential candidate). Original music composed by Peter Buffett and Ken Melville. James Fortier, Métis-Ojibway served as Writer, Associate Producer and Web Site Developer.

Production of Waasa Inaabidaa has been made possible by support from:

Otto Bremer Foundation

Grotto Foundation

Famous Dave Anderson and the LifeSkills Center for Leadership

Beim Foundation

Wisconsin Humanities Council

Minnesota Historical Society

Mille Lacs Band

Bois Forte Band

Aboriginal People's Television Network

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Milwaukee Public Museum

Wisconsin State Historical Society

Minnesota Department of Tourism

Aaron-Stokes

Waswagoning Village.

For more information, please contact lorraine_norrgard@wdse.pbs.org or visit the website at: http://www.ojibwe.org/

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