Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Institute Inc

The Waadookodaading Ojibwe Language Institute (WOLI), located on the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Reservation near Hayward, Wisconsin, is at the heart of the Ojibwe language revitalization movement in the United States. Waadookodaading was founded in 2001 as an Ojibwe language immersion school while simultaneously becoming a center for community revitalization through the development of teachers, curriculum and community engagement. In 2015, the WOLI board changed the organizational structure to better reflect the work that encompassed the broad goal of making more speakers of the Ojibwe language including the following core areas:

• Ojibwe Language Medium School with the purpose of protecting, nurturing, and enhancing educational atmosphere that supports the preservation of the Ojibwe language through a system of effective educational instruction in which all academic content is delivered in the Ojibwe Language through an Indigenous Language Medium Model.  Currently serving students in 4K through middle school.
• Curriculum and Immersion Teacher Development to create relevant curriculum and support training and certification of indigenous language medium educators.   Oshki-ojibwemowag is a two-year adult immersion program, launching in 2026.  
• Language Revitalization Research and Development to connect with language researchers and scholars on a community and regional level. It is the mission of the Language Revitalization Research and Development Office component to create Ojibwe language archives and resources for expanding the scholarly repertoire of the indigenous language revitalization field.
• Community Language Revitalization to promote the use of the Ojibwe language on a community and regional level through outreach and education. It is the mission of the Community Language Revitalization component to implement Ojibwe language outreach.  WOLI hosts site visits from indigenous language advocates and practitioners throughout the United States and Canada. 

Ultimately, WOLI exists to strengthen the Anishinaabe people through the renormalization of Ojibwe language and culture, impacting the quality of life for Anishinaabe people by sustaining their ability to think in the Ojibwe language and live our culture.