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language revitalization
The Ways: Language Apprentice: Bringing Back the Ho-Chunk Language
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…
PBS "We Shall Remain": Teaching Teenagers
Made up of 45 Cherokee teenagers, the Cherokee National Youth Choir sings almost exclusively in Cherokee. The choir performs traditional Cherokee music, gospel, patriotic music translated into Cherokee, and children's songs...
Native Report: Season 5: Episode 5
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…
Betting on a School
Ninety miles east of downtown Los Angeles in the San Bernardino Mountains, a school for Native American children peers down onto its main benefactor, a glittering, Las Vegas-style casino and hotel owned and operated by the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. Millions of dollars spent in the casino by…