Honor Yellow Bird Woman with fulfillment of Cobell Settlement terms
Check it out. After a long day of yard work, I’ve created a short video with Edwin Benson, the last man alive born into speaking Mandan as a first language. Benson, 78, lives in Twin Buttes, N.D., my home community on the Fort Berthold Reservation. Mandan, or Nu’eta, is one of the endangered languages of the world. Benson has been working with community members to revitalize the language. I’m honored to share those recordings.
In this video, listen to the word of the day: I don’t know. Íwahaaxikosh Thanks for being a part of the Twin Buttes Community language revitalization project. And thanks to Cory Spotted Bear and Lanny Real Bird for recording the Mandan language. In this video, Benson is pictured with Tribal Chairman Marcus Levings of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation.
Jodi Rave
© Buffalo's Fire. All rights reserved.
This article is not included in our Story Share & Care selection.The content may only be reproduced with permission from the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance. Please see our content sharing guidelines.
Honor Yellow Bird Woman with fulfillment of Cobell Settlement terms
The funding supports prevention and treatment services
Bolstering cultural outreach and personal development among honorees’ top goals
Surveillance video released through records request shows disturbance in the water
Missing woman’s body found on Turtle Mountain Reservation
From early-morning strategy sessions to last-minute resolution edits, the Buffalo’s Fire and IMFA team hit the ground to report on the priorities shaping Indian Country