Barbara Nolan launches series of Anishinaabe language videos for children – Timmins Today
‘It’s for the kids’: Beloved Anishinaabemowin instructor unveils colourful, animated videos aimed at keeping the language alive through immersion
SAULT STE. MARIE – Barbara Nolan’s interest in teaching Anishinaabemowin has always been deeply rooted in passing the language on to children — and now, she’s taking her passionate and animated way of teaching kids to the green screen.
People of all ages from across Turtle Island packed Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig in Sault Ste. Marie over the weekend to see the launch of Nolan’s first string of animated Anishinaabemowin videos geared towards children. T-shirts bearing her Bitmoji — an emoji of Nolan that somehow manages to capture Nolan’s youthful enthusiasm — were wildly popular among the many well wishers who came to see the much-anticipated introduction to Nolan’s latest language revitalization project.
