Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig

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name = Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig (University)


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established = to be established
September 2008
type = federated school of Algoma University
president = Darrell Boissoneau
city = Sault Ste. Marie & Garden River
state = Ontario
country = Canada
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website = [http://www.shingwauku.com/ www.shingwauku.com] |

"Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig" (University) is a proposed Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) university to be run in conjunction with a newly-independent Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie and the Shingwauk Education Trust. Its name when fully vocalised is "Zhingwaak Gikinoo'amaagegamig", meaning "Pine Teaching-lodge". Its creation was first envisioned by Chief Shingwauk (also Shingwaukonce or Shingwaukonse, "little pine") in 1850. When Chief Shingwauk died in 1854, the fulfilment of the his vision fell on his two sons Agustin Shingwauk and Bugujjewenene, and the Anglican Church. In 1873, the "Teaching Wigwam Lodge" became a reality. Sadly through the Anglican Church, the operations and purpose of the "Teaching Wigwam Lodge" was aligned with the assimilation and genocide of the Anishinaabe Nation through the Canadian residential school system instead of its initial purposes originally advocated by Shingwaukonse. [ [http://www.shingwauku.com/about_us.php?pageid=3 Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig: Chief Shingwauk's Vision] ]

The university may eventually become chartered as an independent university, but will be initially established as a federated school of Algoma University. [ [http://www.shingwauku.com/about_us.php Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig: About Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig] ]

Programs

Some proposed coursed for the fall 2008 semester include:

* "Ayzhi dibawji moyawn" (Anishinaabe peoples & our homelands)
* "Wiidjigaam gewe jibayek" (Anishinaabe social issues)
* "Gdaa Mikweenimaanan Pontiacbun, Tecumsehbun, miinwaa Shingwaukbun" (Anishinaabe social movements)
* "Anishinaabemowin" (Anishinaabe language)

Partners

The new university was initiated by the Shingwauk Education trust and a number of partnerships: [ [http://www.shingwauku.com/about_us.php?pageid=8 Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig: Partnerships] ]

* Algoma University
* Anglican Church of Canada
* Anishinabek Nation
* Assembly of First Nations
* Batchewana First Nation
* Chiefs of Ontario
* Garden River First Nation
* Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission
* K-Net
* Laurentian University (Native Studies)
* Leech Lake Tribal Council
* Library and Archives Canada
* Mi'kmaq Association of Tribal Studies
* National Centre for First Nations Governance
* North Shore Tribal Council
* Northern Michigan University (American Indian Studies)
* Sagkeeng First Nation
* Seven Generations of Fort Frances
* Shingwauk Healing Project
* Te Wānanga o Aotearoa "University of New Zealand"
* Three Fires Midewiwin Lodge
* Union of Ontario Indians
* University of Arizona, Tuscon (Native Studies)
* University of Sudbury (Native Studies)

References

External links

* [http://www.shingwauku.com/homepage.php Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig]
* [http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=30375 New Anishinaabe university starts this fall at Algoma U] "SooToday.com", 21 February 2008.