Linda LeGarde Grover
Linda LeGarde Grover is a professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth, and a member of the Bois Forte Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. Grover writes once a month for the Budgeteer.Contact
Aniin miinik ish tiktik? Berry Time!
LINDA LEGARDE GROVER: This is the time of year that berries begin to ripen, and we appreciate the Creator’s gift of these pretty and delicious little treats.for the Budgeteer, 07/21/2012
Column: The celebrities of the Biography Museum
Come view the famous people and listen to their fascinating stories!” the handmade card, a small pink photocopy cut out with fancy zigzag scissors and pasted onto green construction paper, invited guests of Bay View fourth-grade teacher Mrs. Short’s classroom to visit the Biography Museum.Duluth Budgeteer News, 05/26/2012
Column: To learn from children’s stories
As I write this, it is almost the end of spring semester at the University of Minnesota Duluth. This time of year is always very busy for college students, who know that in a short time their class performances will be graded and become part of their academic record.Duluth Budgeteer News, 05/16/2012
Four-year-old’s evening with the ‘big girls’ continues warmth of long family tradition
Children learn a great deal by watching the people around them.for the Budgeteer, 03/31/2012
Native American Barbie professors
LINDA LEGARDE GROVER: Perhaps the Barbies were a little nervous. This was, after all, their first experience teaching in a university. Next to them were a Land-O-Lakes butter package and a tourist souvenir doll from the 1950s.for the Budgeteer, 03/04/2012
Linda Grover column: Moccasins for Oshkii-Abinoojiiyens
Duluth Budgeteer News, 04/11/2011
Linda Grover: Make the holidays memorable with ‘Christmas Moccasins’
The story is about a boy and his grandmother who on one Christmas Eve encountered three drunken men who pushed them down and treated them roughly and disrespectfully. But "revenge" is theirs in the end.Budgeteer News, 12/03/2010
Linda Grover: Life seasons of an Ojibwe woman
Grover will be a featured writer at Sister Nations, a free celebration of Native American women writers, which will take place at 7 p.m. Monday at the Fond du Lac Amphitheater in Cloquet (2101 14th St.).Budgeteer News, 10/30/2010
Linda Grover: Trying to make lugalette like my grandmother’s
The first time I tried to make lugalette it was not good at all. I have experimented, and learned to keep a tender hand with the dough. I don’t believe they make a pan the size that my grandma used.Budgeteer News, 10/04/2010
‘How much of an Indian are you?’ a personal question
Like every American Indian I know, I have been asked “How much Indian are you?” many times. I am never ready for it.Budgeteer News, 09/05/2010
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