Anishinaabe Language (AA)

Contact Information:

Alixena Patnaude

Language Developer/Instructor

701-477-7876

Office: 210G

Program Type-Certificate Associates Bachelors or Master

Associates Degree

Estimated Time to Complete

Two Years

Format- On Campus Off Campus or Hydrid

On Campus

Program Description

This Associate of Arts degree with an emphasis in the Anishinaabe Language offers the opportunity for students to become fluent speakers and enter into the growing and much needed field of immersion and/or language education. Language will be taught using a variety of methods including, but not limited to: oral stories and lessons, songs, games, and immersion. Knowledge gained through these courses will empower the student to be able to speak and comprehend the Anishinaabe language in various settings. Completion of the program can lead to future employment in the areas of education with an emphasis on becoming immersion teachers, tribal government, and historical research/preservation.

Mission:

Institutional Mission Statement

 

Turtle Mountain Community College is committed to functioning as an autonomous Indian controlled college on the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation focusing on general studies, undergraduate education, Career & Technical Education, scholarly research, and continuous improvement of student learning. By creating an academic environment in which the cultural and social heritage of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa is brought to bear throughout the curriculum, the college establishes an administration, staff, faculty, and student body exerting leadership in the community and providing service to it.

Career Outlook

This Associate of Arts degree in the Anishinaabe Language offers the opportunity for students seeking to become fluent speakers. Students will be able to:

  • Identify the various aspects of the Anishinaabe cultural heritage, which permeate the lifestyles of people living across Anishinaabe akiing (Ojibwe lands).
  • Explain what made Anishinaabe communities in the past 100% self-sustainable and the cause and effect of how government policies systematically broke these communities down.
  • Displays command of all of the basic syllables (sounds) in the Ojibwe language and can break down sentences from parts of a word to syllables within that word correctly.
  • Demonstrates a fluent comprehension of “survival Anishinaabemowin” and is able to speak and understand phrases.

Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours: 64

Application Deadlines

Review the TMCC Academic Calendar for registration deadlines for each semester. 

Plan of Study

Year One Fall

ENGL 110College Composition I

3

CSCI 101Introduction to Computers

3

LANG 125Ojibwa Language I

3

PHIL 102Anishinaabe Worldview Nanda-

3

SOCI 105First Year Experience

2

Total Credit Hours:14

Year One Spring

ENGL 120College Composition II

3

LANG 126Ojibwa Language II

3

AHU 250Anishinaabe Storytelling

3

COMM 110Fundamentals of Public Speaking

3

AHU 256Anishinaabe Leadership

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Year Two Fall

HPER 108Traditional Dance

2

SOCI 270Sociology of Indian Reservations

3

SOCI 271Contemporary Indian Issues

3

MATH 103College Algebra

4

AHU 254Anishinaabe Cultural Involvement

3

Total Credit Hours:15

Year Two Spring

HIST 296Hist of the Turtle Mountain Band Ch

3

POLS 284Federal Indian Policy I 1789-1871

3

BIOL 150General Biology I/Lab

4

SOCI 120Transitions -Graduation and Beyond

1

LANG 299Native Lang Revit: Case S&P

3

AHU 190Beadwork I

2

Total Credit Hours:16

Total Credit Hours: 61