INTERMEDIATE LEVEL MENOMINEE LANGUAGE

AMERIND 310

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 401

Develop an upper intermediate level of the Ojibwe writing system and examine the associated morphology and syntactical verb structures. Develop literacy and an understanding of the unique verb-based sentence structures, and utilize conversational skills currently being used among Ojibwe speakers. Explore the relationships between the language, culture, and history of the Ojibwe people. Ojibwe 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. Taught primarily using the dialect of the eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin region. Ojibwe is considered to be a severely endangered language.

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 402

Continuation of the Ojibwe language, focusing on conversational skills.