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Ojibwe Medical Dictionary: A Handbook for Health Care Providers
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Language Name
Ojibwe.
Alternate Language Names
Anishinaabemowin, ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ, Ojibwa, Ojibway, Otchipwe, Ojibwemowin.
Region
Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, Canada; Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota, United States.
Who
Agnes Ningewance, Bella Panacheese, Lucie Strang, Matthias Suganaqueb (Consultants); Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre.
Others Involved
Patricia Ningewance Nadeau (Coordinator); Don Ningewance (Illustrator); Reimer Communications (Formatting); Arden Ogg; Lisa Poulin (Proofreading); Miriam Johnston, Bob Bruyere, the SLMHC Elders Council (Support); Pat Ningewance-Nadeau, Larry Beardy, Greg Spence (Language Specialists); Barb Linkewich, Helen Cromarty (Guidance); Renee Southwind (Project Coordinator); Aboriginal Health Transition Fund, Sweetgrass First Nations Language Council Inc. (Funding).
Publishing Information
This dictionary was published in 2011 by Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre. Two other medical dictionaries, one in Cree and one in Oji-Cree, were published from the same project.
How People are Cited
Consultants are cited in the frontmatter, and contributors are cited under Acknowledgements.
How Information is Cited
Consultants and contributors are cited in the frontmatter and Acknowledgements.
Where is Information Coming from
Entries in this dictionary come from meetings held with speakers and Elders.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a print book and as a digital PDF.
Access
This dictionary is available through libraries as a print book and open access online as a digital book.
Included Languages and Directionality
English to Ojibwe.
Dialects Included
No dialect is specified for this dictionary. It is likely a dictionary of Eastern Ojibwe.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, mono-directional medical dictionary.
How are Entries Organised
Entries in this dictionary are organised alphabetically by English headword. Each entry contains the English medical term and the corresponding Ojibwe term and definition. No other information is included in entries. Following the alphabetical entries, the dictionary includes a diagram of a wheelchair labeled in Ojibwe, and five short, topical word lists: Numbers, Place Names, Some Medicinal Plants, Some Trees, and Ceremonies. Each of these word lists is organised in two columns, with the English words on the left and the Ojibwe words on the right.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | Included under What's In This Book? |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ✅ | Medical diagrams included at the end of the book and in some entries |
| Example phrases | ✅ | Many of the English terms are given as full descriptive sentences in Ojibwe |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ❌ |
Other Notes
This resource was part of a project done in collaboration with Cree, Ojibwe, and Oji-Cree individuals. There were two other resources simultaneously published: a Cree medical dictionary and an Oji-Cree medical dictionary.
External Links
Reference on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/835569485
View the dicitonary open access on the Sioux Lookout / Meno Ya Win Health Centre website: https://www.slmhc.on.ca/assets/files/traditional-healing/medical_dictionary_ojibwe.pdf
View the Cree Medical Dictionary here: https://www.slmhc.on.ca/assets/files/traditional-healing/medical_dictionary_cree.pdf
View the Oji-Cree Medical Dictionary here: https://www.slmhc.on.ca/assets/files/traditional-healing/medical_dictionary_ojicree.pdf