On Friday, Nov. 28, the Minnesota Wild hosted the Colorado Avalanche at 2:30 p.m. CST for a landmark occasion: the first National Hockey League game ever broadcast entirely in the Ojibwe language. The ...

The Minnesota Wild and Grand Casino, owned by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, announced a 14-year naming rights partnership. Starting September 3, 2025, the Wild’s home arena in Saint Paul was renamed ...

Indigenous language speakers, educators and advocates gathered last week for the fifth annual Dakota and Ojibwe Language Symposium with a shared goal of growing the number of native language speakers ...

For the first time, a Minnesota Wild game will have an Ojibwe-language broadcast. In recognition of Native American Heritage Day, viewers will have the option to watch Friday's game against the ...

(NewsNation) — The Minnesota Wild made NHL history on Friday, with three announcers broadcasting the team’s game against the Colorado Avalanche entirely in Ojibwe. Ojibwe is an indigenous language of ...

James Ginoonde Buckholtz, Chato Ombishkebines Gonzalez and Gordon Maajiigoneyaash Jourdain pose for a photograph. The three will provide play-by-play commentary of the Wild-Avalanche game on Nov. 28, ...

Friday night's Minnesota Wild game against the Colorado Avalanche sounded different from the opening face off, with the entire broadcast called in Ojibwe as part of Native American Heritage Day.