Michael Sullivan, who comes from an Ojibwe mother and an Irish father, sees similarities between the two cultures in that there are those fighting to revitalize their languages in a world dominated by English.
“In our community, we’re working against the clock documenting as much of our language as we can from our last generation of Native speakers,” he said.
Sullivan works as an Ojibwe linguistics instructor at the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School in Hayward. He said the Ojibwe language is not just a tool for communication, but is essential to be used in Ojibwe ceremonies, songs and other rituals vital to their culture.
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