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Few speak Ojibwe as a first language. This 'nest' is teaching kids to in Cloquet

Persia Erdrich’s son had just turned 2 years old when he spoke his first sentence in Ojibwe.

The pair were visiting the Minnesota Zoo as part of a group of babies, toddlers, parents and elders in a program to teach Ojibwe to young children and their parents. Erdrich, whose Ojibwe name is Netaa-niimid, said it happened when her son Patrick Linehan, whose Ojibwe name is Ogimaagaabaw, pointed at a bear in an enclosure.

“Mokwa nibaa,” he said. The bear is sleeping.

This was possible for Erdrich’s son because they attend a language nest in Cloquet, Minn., on the Fond du Lac Reservation called Gookonaanig Endaawaad, or “Grandma’s House.” The program started in 2020, and now seven families learn Ojibwe traditions and language from elders who speak it as their first language.

 
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Inflation expected to take a bite out of Minnesota’s budget surplus

In December, the forecast showed a nearly $18 billion budget surplus after the state’s economy exceeded expectations and Minnesota posted higher than expected income and sales tax revenues. 

Those trends have continued in the months since, and the surplus is still expected to be substantial. But a couple factors could take a bite out of the total.

 
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Shooting in St. Paul kills 2, injures 3 others. On Saturday evening in the Frogtown neighborhood of St. Paul, a shooting left two people dead and three injured. The St. Paul police department says the suspect is still at large.

The shovel after the storm: Clearing those sidewalks after a big snow. The City of Minneapolis on Thursday approved a study of city-led sidewalk clearing. But the treacherous sidewalk problem isn’t unique to the Twin Cities.

Opponents of Roof Depot demolition vow to fight on. Activists in the East Phillips neighborhood in Minneapolis are regrouping after a Hennepin County judge granted a temporary restraining order, putting the planned demolition of the Roof Depot building on pause.

Toothy, ancient gar fish get new protections in Minnesota. Gar are classified as “rough” fish as opposed to game fish. Until now, there were no limits on how many anglers could keep.

St. Paul’s History Theatre finds new artistic director. Richard D. Thompson says he brings “a great curiosity of who we are as humans” to his new role as artistic director of the History Theatre.

— Matt Mikus, MPR News
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