language immersion

The Ways: Language Apprentice: Bringing Back the Ho-Chunk Language

Producer
Finn Ryan
Year

Members of the Ho-Chunk Nation work hard to sustain their culture and beliefs. They believe it is essential to keep their traditional knowledge alive by passing on their culture and language from elders to younger generations. In their continued efforts to maintain their traditional knowledge, the Ho-Chunk Nation created the Hoocak Waaziija Haci Language Division, an entire branch of government devoted to preserving the Ho-Chunk Language as a Living Language.

Native Nations
Citation

Ryan, Finn. "Language Apprentice: Bringing Back the Ho-Chunk Language." The Ways: Great Lakes Native Culture & Language. Wisconsin Media Lab. Madison, Wisconsin. 2013. (https://pbswisconsineducation.org/story/language-apprentice/, accessed May 29, 2013)

The Ways: Living Language: Menominee Language Revitalization

Producer
Finn Ryan
Year

Before European contact, the Menominee Indian Tribe had a land base of over 10 million acres (in what is now known as Wisconsin and parts of Michigan) and over 2,000 people spoke their language. Today, their land has been reduced to 235,000 acres, due to a series of treaties that eroded the tribe’s land base, while policies like relocation and removal, and boarding schools where children were punished for speaking their native languages, caused the language to almost disappear. Today there are fewer than ten first language speakers and fewer than 20 fluent speakers of Menominee...

Native Nations
Citation

Ryan, Finn. "Living the Language: Menominee Language Revitalization." The Ways: Great Lakes Native Culture & Language. Wisconsin Media Lab. Madison, Wisconsin. 2013. (https://pbswisconsineducation.org/story/living-language/, accessed February 13, 2024)

Native Report: Season 5: Episode 5

Producer
Native Report
Year

This week the Native Report crew visits the Waadookodaading the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe language immersion school. Also come with us to the Honor the Earth Powwow, one of the largest and oldest powwows in the region. And we talk with noted writer David Treuer and hear his thoughts on Native language revitalization. We also hear from the elders and learn something new about Indian Country this week Native Report. 

Citation

"Episode 5." Season 5. Native Report. WDSE/WRPT. Duluth, Minnesota. 2012. Television. (http://www.wdse.org/shows/native/watch/season-5-episode-5, accessed September 19, 2012).