By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 01/08/2024 (ANNews) – An Ojibwe-dubbed version of Star Wars: A New Hope, the film that started the Star Wars franchise in 1977, is coming to select big screens in August, marking the second occasion the iconic film has been translated into an Indigenous language. Anangong Miigaading, the Ojibwe, or Anishinaabemowin, translation of Star Wars will premiere at Winnipeg’s Centennial Concert Hall on Aug. 8, with a limited release in Winnipeg and other select markets starting Aug. 10. Afterwards, it will air on APTN and be available to stream on Disney+, but those dates have yet to be revealed. In December, the Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council and University of Manitoba announced that they entered a partnership with Disney/Lucasfilm and APTN to adapt an official…
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