MIEA Ojibwe Language Bowl

Tuesday, March 18th, 2025

9:00am-3:00pm

Mystic Lake Casino, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd NW, Prior Lake, MN 55372

Resources allowed to create questions:

Ambe, Ojibwemodaa Endaayang!  Jessie Clark Rick Gresczyk

https://birchbarkbooks.com/search?q=ambe%2C+ojibwemodaa+endaayang&options%5Bprefix%5D=last

Ojibwemowin Series 1 Tom Vollom tvollom@isd361.k12.mn.us

Ojibwemowin Series 2 Tom Vollom tvollom@isd361.k12.mn.us

The Goodpath Thomas Peacock

Ojibwe Heritage Basil Johnston

Waasa Inaabidaa Thomas Peacock

The Four Hills of Life Thomas Peacock

Registration Cost: $200 per team

Please send payment to: 

Minnesota Indian Education Association(MIEA), PO Box 6786, Minneapolis, MN 55406

Mail Questions in a sealed envelope to:

Ojibwe Quiz Bowl, 316 Main Street East, Remer, MN 56672

Please mail 30 questions per team to:

(25 language verb based sentences including sentences using past/future tense, 1st/2nd singular/plural persons, 5 culture/history) on 3×5 note cards. 

-Please provide each question with: 

‘According to ___________…’  (add source book title) Include page # of each source next to each question.

Questions/Fees/Registration need to be submitted by Friday March 14th, 2025!

For more information contact: leah@www.minnesotaindianeducation.org

Registration Form

MIEA

Ojibwe Quiz Bowl

Each school team(s) will be limited to 4 participants with 1 student as alternate.

School:__________________________________________________________

Coach(s) Name:__________________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________________

City/State:______________________________________________Zip:_______

Phone:_________________________email_____________________________

Please list names and grade level of each student representing your school in the quiz bowl.

1)________________________________Grade:________T-shirt size______

2)________________________________Grade:________T-shirt size______

3)________________________________Grade:________T-shirt size______

4)________________________________Grade:________T-shirt size______

Alternate:

5)________________________________Grade:________T-shirt size______

Email Registration To:

leah@www.minnesotaindianeducation.org

General Rules

There will be up to 15 questions per round depending on the # of teams, ties etc.

DOUBLE ELIMINATION

1. Teams must have one coach in attendance with their teams(s).

2. All team(s) may have up to four (4) students and one alternate; it is not necessary to have an alternate.

3. Please remember to respect others and to be courteous to fellow participates.

4. Any use of profanity or improper behavior will be grounds for immediate dismissal from the competition.

5. Good sportsmanship is required.

6. No mid-game substitution will be allowed. The team will play with the remaining members of team.

7. After the moderator has read the question, the first team to buzz in will have 15 seconds to correctly answer the question. (Only one member of the team may answer.)

8. Upon activation of the buzzer, the team must wait to be recognized by the moderator before giving their answer.

9. If a team buzzes in before the moderator finishes reading the question, the moderator will stop reading the question and the team identified will have 15 seconds to answer the question.

10. If the moderator is interrupted while reading the question and the recognized team answers incorrectly, the moderator will complete the question for the opposing team (as long as they did not buzz in before the question was finished) and that team will have 15 seconds to answer the question.

11. It is the responsibility of the team coaches to check and verify the scoreboard for room number, time, and score. 

12. If the team buzzes in; and then asks to repeat the question, they are using their own 15 seconds.  

13. No written or electronic recording of competitions is allowed.

14. Question/Answer challenges are allowed by teams to discuss with moderator/judges/coaches.

15. Submitted team questions will be disposed after competition.