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Recording Elders to Save the Language

Janelle Williams
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Learn ABOUT
(deep listening, information)

  1. How many fluent speakers of Lakota/Dakota/Nakota are left? What is the state of the traditional dialects of the Oceti Sakowin people?
  2. What else is being done to preserve traditions, stories, songs and language among the people of the Oceti Sakowin?

Learn FROM
(deep listening, information)

  1. What do you know about language learning in general? Have you had any experience in learning or teaching a “second language”?
  2. How important do you think it is to preserve a language that might be in danger of disappearing?
  3. How do you think language and identity are related?