BOIS FORTE URBAN COMMUNITY

Welcome to the Bois Forte Urban Community page. This information is shared to help strengthen communication and build stronger community among all members of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa.

If you have questions or would like to add information to the page, please contact Urban Office Coordinator Jacque Wilson at 612-871-6618 or 612-747-5247.

News and Announcements

Upcoming Community Meetings -

The next Metro Meeting will be held on Wednesday June 12 at the Urban Office. Dinner will be at 5:00 with the meeting to follow.  Tara and Kim will be the guest speakers.

Community Meeting Guidelines

The Bois Forte Urban Community meets monthly for dinner, discussion and interesting speakers. The Community developed their own guidelines for the monthly meetings. Click here to see the guidelines.

Language Table is on Monday nights 5:00 - 7:00 pm

We begin with a pot luck dinner. Lead by Dennis Jones, U of M and Rick Grezyck, Augsburg College. All ages and levels of knowledge welcome!  For more information click here.

Immersion Ojibwe Class at the University of Minnesota

In 2009, Dr. Fairbanks became the first person to receive a Ph. D in linguistics with a focus on the Ojibwe language.  Dr. Fairbanks is offering an immersion Ojibwe class at the University of Minnesota beginning May 28 - June 14, Monday - Friday from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. The class is for people who have studied little Ojibwe and are interested in learning how to have conversations in the language. The class will be taught immersion style so students will hear how the language is spoken and many opprtunities will be giving to speak the language. For more information contact Andrea Fairbanks at 612-626-5759 or fair0069@umn.edu.