BEGINNER LEVEL MENOMINEE LANGUAGE

AMERIND 304

Focus on proficiency in reading, speaking, and writing of an Indigenous language. Includes exploration of cultural practices and values through the study of oral and written narrative.

AMERIND 301

Introduction to the Ojibwe language, spoken and written, with emphasis on oral tradition and extensive study of grammar.

AMERIND 311

Focus on proficiency in reading, speaking, and writing of the Menominee language. Includes exploration of cultural practices and values through the study of oral and written narrative.

AMERIND 408

Continue practice in the writing system of the Menominee language and examine the associated morphology and syntactical verb structures. Develop increased literacy and an understanding of the unique verb-based polysynthetic sentence structures, and utilize basic conversational skills currently being used among Menominee speakers. Menominee is one of the five Indigenous aboriginal languages spoken in the state of Wisconsin and part of a larger Algonquian language family found only in North America. Menominee is considered to be a highly endangered language.

AMERIND 407

Learn the sounds and writing system of the language and examine the associated morphology and syntactical verb structures. Develop literacy and an understanding of the unique verb-based polysynthetic sentence structures, and utilize basic conversational skills currently being used among Menominee speakers. Menominee is one of the five Indigenous aboriginal languages spoken in the state of Wisconsin and part of a larger Algonquian language family found only in North America. Menominee is considered to be a highly endangered language.