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Enweying - Our Sound Podcast

Enweying - Our Sound Podcast

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As an Anishinaabe household of 5 (including the dog), join us as we share our experiences raising our children speaking to them in Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe language) as Second Language Learners ourselves. Anishinaabemowin is the language of the Anishinaabe people - also known as Ojibwe. It is an Indigenous language that has been targeted by genocide since settlers arrived on Turtle Island (North America). This is our commitment to helping fight and reclaim OUR SOUND- ENWEYING.


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  • S2E9: Alex & Camille(Sine) Firethunder

    S2E9: Alex & Camille(Sine) Firethunder
    Jun 12 2025

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    Alex FireThunder is the Chair / Director of the Lakota Studies Department at Oglala Lakota College. He resides in Kyle, SD on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. As an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Nation, Alex brings a wealth of experience to his role, holding a BSW in Social Work, MA in Lakota Leadership, and a Lakota Language Certificate from Oglala Lakota College. As a seasoned educator, Alex has taught Lakota to pre-K on up to the college level for the past ten years. A musician and NAMMY award-winning song composer, he founded Hóyeya, a platform for promoting Lakota language content. Alex believes in the transformative power of language in shaping a strong Lakota identity which is reflected in how he and his wife raise their three beautiful children in the language.

    Camille Sine-Firethunder is a mother, wife, language learner, former teacher, and content creator for the Lakota/Dakota Language platform HOYEYA. Camille is an enrolled tribal member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate and currently resides in Kyle, South Dakota with her husband Alex and their three children. After being a classroom teacher for seven years, Camille is now a stay-at-home-mom. She has recently become known for her children's show published on YouTube called "Language For Littles with Thunwin Camille". Her show draws inspiration from the YouTube sensation Miss Rachel, but rather than focusing on English speech development, Camille puts her attention to the underserved and underrepresented Lakota / Dakota children and their Lakota/Dakota speech development and acquisition. Her life's mission is to be a good mother and wife and to learn and raise her children in the Lakota and Dakota language.


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    Many people have reached out to ask where they can donate or support revitalization efforts. This link leads to our Link Tree which has a Patreon as well as "Buy me a Coffee" where you can donate to our families cause and initiatives we do to support learning in the home and across our communities. Miigwech
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    1 hr and 53 mins
  • S2E8: Karennenhá:wi Goodleaf

    S2E8: Karennenhá:wi Goodleaf
    May 22 2025

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    Karennenhá:wi (Ierennahá:wi) Goodleaf is a Kanien’kehá:ka from Kahnawà:ke who is a second language kanien’kéha speaker. She graduated from the adult Kanien’kéha immersion program Ratiwennahnírats. She later went on to teach for the next 10 years at a kanien’kéha elementary immersion school and language nest in Ganienkeh. She is a mother of one and because of her strong language foundation she is now raising her daughter as a first language kanien’kéha speaker. Karennenhá:wi is now a holistic wellness practitioner who has studied foraging and medicine making and is also currently enrolled in a 2 year herbal immersion program. She enjoys volunteering for the Native Wellness Institute’s annual youth wellness camp. She continues to support health, wellness and language in the home and community.

    linktr.ee/enweying.oursound

    Many people have reached out to ask where they can donate or support revitalization efforts. This link leads to our Link Tree which has a Patreon as well as "Buy me a Coffee" where you can donate to our families cause and initiatives we do to support learning in the home and across our communities. Miigwech
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • S2E7: Bagwajinini - Alex Kmett

    S2E7: Bagwajinini - Alex Kmett
    Apr 10 2025

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    Bagwajinini-Alex Kmett is a citizen of the Red Lake Nation (Eagle clan) and a descendant of the Pillager Band at Leech Lake, by way of Ponemah and Cass Lake, respectively. He is a co-founder of the Endazhi-Nitaawiging Charter School at Red Lake, where he currently serves as a Curriculum Designer, and a co-founder of Ojibwemotaadidaa's Gookonaanig Endaawaad Language Nest at Fond du Lac. He holds a Master of Arts in Indigenous Education from Arizona State University, and has taught Ojibwe language at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College and University of Minnesota Morris, in addition to Ojibwemotaadidaa Omaa Gidakiiminaang (OOG). As a second language speaker/learner, he and his partner raise their two children to be trilingual Ojibwe/Spanish/English speakers utilizing a unique blend of ML@H and OPOL parenting methods. In addition to his work in language and education, he is an artist, experimental musician, food producer, and advocate for land back.

    linktr.ee/enweying.oursound

    Many people have reached out to ask where they can donate or support revitalization efforts. This link leads to our Link Tree which has a Patreon as well as "Buy me a Coffee" where you can donate to our families cause and initiatives we do to support learning in the home and across our communities. Miigwech
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    1 hr and 42 mins
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