Larry Martin, retired director of American Indian Studies at the University of Wisconsin in Eau Claire, is pictured in this undated photo. He leads music at Gichitwaa Kateri in Minneapolis and helps ...

Lucasfilm, the Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council and the University of Manitoba said they’ve reached an agreement to record a dubbed Ojibwe version of Star Wars: A New Hope. The first film in George Lucas ...

Over the weekend, “Star Wars: A New Hope” dubbed in Ojibwe premiered in Winnipeg. Niigaanii-Animikii Inini, or Kalvin Hartwig, played a role in the translation. He gives voice to Red Leader, played by ...

ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (WBAY) - A movie made a long time ago in countries far, far away (England and Tunisia) is being translated into a North American native language. “Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope” ...

The translation initiative is also supported by Canada’s APTN network, the Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council and the University of Manitoba. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The dubbing of the Star ...

Reg Chapman joined WCCO-TV in May of 2009. He came to WCCO from WNBC-TV in New York City where he covered an array of stories for the station including the Coney Island plane crash, the crane collapse ...

(ANNews) – An Ojibwe version of Star Wars: A New Hope could be coming soon to a theatre near you. On Dec. 18, the Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council and University of Manitoba announced that they’ve ...

Among the largest groups of First Nations people north of Mexico are the Ojibwe — also known as Ojibwa or Ojibway. The widely spoken Ojibwe language is known as Anishinaabemowin or Ojibwemowin. We’re ...

In a new version of the original 1977 “Star Wars: A New Hope” premiering this week in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Obi-Wan Kenobi doesn’t say, “May the Force be with you.” Instead, the Jedi Master wishes Luke ...

Brothers David and Anton Treuer are members of the Ojibwe nation from the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. They are working to preserve the Ojibwe language, one of the few Native American ...