Indigenous Languages Series: Robert Maytwayashing, Ojibwe Episode 4

Names hold a deep meaning in different Indigenous languages. Whether it's the name of a person, an animal, or a place holds great significance. Robert discusses the names of places in the land now known as Canada and stories of how these names came to be.

Robert Maytwayashing is Anishinaabe, raised in his people on the Lake Manitoba First Nation located in the Interlake Region of Manitoba.

This segment of the Indigenous Languages Series was filmed in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Situated on ancestral land on Treaty One territory.

The project is funded by the government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage and distributed with help from the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation and First Peoples Radio Inc. 106.5 Elmnt FM, 95.7 Elmnt FM.

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