‘Race against the clock’: the school fighting to save the Ojibwe language before its elders pass away

Northern Wisconsin's only Ojibwe immersion school built a successful program to revitalize its language. Then the pandemic upended the tribe's life

In the deep forest of the Lac Courte Oreilles tribal reservation, sixth-grade teacher Lisa Clemens abruptly halts the group of children behind her and points to the bald eagle circling just above the pines.

Migizi!" Clemens yells.