Fluent Osage Speakers are a Priority for Osage Nation

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Year

2015

The state of Osage language preservation has reached a critical point and Osage Nation Chief, Geoffrey Standing Bear, just months after his inauguration, is making Osage language immersion a priority. The Chief’s plans include the continued collaboration of the Osage Nation Language Program with Dhegiha speakers, other relevant departmental resources, and the language immersion methods and instructors from other Dhegiha nations...

language

language immersion

language programs

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Native Nations

Osage Nation

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News and Opinion

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Cultural Affairs

Citation

HorseChief-Hamilton, Geneva. "Fluent Osage Speakers are a Priority for Osage Nation." Indian Country Today Media Network. March 2, 2015. Article. (https://ictnews.org/archive/fluent-osage-speakers-are-a-priority-for-osage-nation, accessed May 5, 2023)

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