Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia (GIM) is a nonprofit organization established in 2000 by veteran tribal school teachers Mary Hermes (LCO Ojibwe community member) and Kevin Roach (Bad River Ojibwe) to aid in the efforts of the Ojibwe language revitalization movement through creating and distributing high quality indigenous language materials.

Using tech in innovative ways, Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia aims to help close the gap between those who are trying to learn and the speakers of our indigenous languages. Since our founding, we have developed a strong base of knowledge for documenting elder language and creating accessible learning media for language regeneration. We have developed over 20 picture books, based on Ojibwe conversational archives. In this way, we are re-creating but still responsive to the way past generations spoke and thought.

As of the summer 2022, GIM has been mostly involved in the development of Reclaim! (the video game) and the Reclaim! Ojibwe 7000 software. Some of our key staff are currently working through the University of Minnesota, in partnership with GIM.