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Waadookodaading
Charter elementary/middle school in Hayward, Wisconsin, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Institute (Waadookodaading) is an Ojibwe-language immersion school located on the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Reservation in Hayward, Wisconsin.[2]
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History
The immersion program was started during the 2000–2001 academic school year by the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.[3]
Mission
The school was primarily conceived to preserve the Ojibwe (Anishinaabe)-language in Wisconsin, where only a few dozen elderly native speakers were estimated to remain in 2019.[4] The name of the school roughly translates to “helping one another.”[5]
Facility
Waadookodaading is physically connected to the English-language Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe School, but functions autonomously.[6]
Academics
In addition to state and federally-mandated academic requirements, Waadookodaading provides cultural activities such as harvesting wild rice and syrup, as well as snowshoeing.[7][8] The school currently offers kindergarten through eighth grade education.[6]
Organization and funding
Waadookodaading is an independent charter institution.[9] In 2024, it received $5 million in federal funding aimed at expanding its operations to K-12.[10] The Administration for Native Americans also granted the school $300,000 in 2024.[11] In December 2024, the school announced that it received a $1.5 million donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.[12]
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