Boozhoo, aaniin, indewemagan idog! Jei indizhinkaaz zhaganashimowin. ‘Anung Ekway’ nindigo, Gwiingwans idash indanishinaabewinikaazoyaan. Gakaabikaang nindayendaa. Odaawaa zaagaa'iganing (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) idash wenjibaayaan. Manidoo zaagi'igan bwaan - aaking (Spirit Lake Dakota Nation) nimbiindigebii’igaaz. Maa’iingan nindoodem. Bwaan, Omashkii, miinawaa Ojibwe-anishinaabe indaw. Bdote Gikinoo’amaadiiwigamigong indanokii Eko-Ingodaaching/Eko-Niizhwaaching (6th/7th) Ojibwe-anishinaabe abinoojiyag gikinoo'amawaag. Ingii-tibishkaa giziibiigisaginige-giizhigadong, nisimidana ashi-niizh indaso-biboonigiz. Nigii-piindige ishkwaadem oshki-midewiyan ziigwanong. Inga-yiban Ningaabii'anongookwe ojibwewinikaazo miinawaa nimishoome Jeff Anderson izhinikaazo. Nokomis Niiyo-giizhikookwe Ojibwewinikaazo. Indooniijaanisens ogimaa-ginebigiwid Ziibii ezhinikaazod. Mii saa iw!

Ambegish aapiji go miigwetch, bizindawiyeg. Niwii-bwaan-anishinaabem noongoom.

Haú, mitákuyepi. Jei emákiyapi do. Wičháŋȟpi Wíŋ Ȟaȟáthuŋwaŋ mačhažé. Bdé Otá éd mathúŋpi tkhá Bdé Hotȟáwa (L.C.O.) éd ičháȟmayapi. Mní Wakháŋ Oyáte éd omáwapi. Bdewákhaŋthuŋwaŋ k’a Waȟpékhute éd hemátaŋhaŋ. Maȟáȟathuŋwaŋ k’a Damákhota do. Bdote Wayáwa Thípi éd ȟtawáni. Ožáte Otúŋwe éd wabdáwa. Dawí (David Coffer) dakhótiap uŋspémakhiye. ‘Sue' Ellen iná ečíyapi k’a Jeff até ečíyapi. Wambdi Saŋpa thuŋkáŋšida ečíyapi. Phidámayaye do. Mitákuye Oyás'iŋ.

For those relatives that don't speak the language of this land, my apologies. My name is Jei Herald-Zamora. I am Wolf clan. I am Ojibwe descended from Lac Courte Orielles in Wisconsin and Dakota enrolled at Spirit Lake, North Dakota. I currently work as a(n assistant) teacher at Bdote Learning Center for Middle School Ojibwe Language and Culture.

I go to Saint Cloud State University for Communication Arts and Literature and a minor in American Indian Studies. I will obtain my bachelor's degree and teaching license upon graduation in Spring 2021. My future educational plans include a Creative Writing MFA at Indian American Institute of Art or M. Ed from Sitting Bull College. I plan to pursue a doctorate later on in either English Literature or American Indian Studies.

I plan on staying with Bdote Learning Center and working to expand domestic/Indigenous language teaching methods and teach others in the future, as well as putting out professional publications.

My other pursuits include writing, art, domestic and world languages, and performance.