Dear Language Advocate:
Thanks for joining the Nu’eta (Mandan) language revitalization project. I’m working with my relatives back on the Fort Berthold Reservation to revitalize the Mandan, or Nu’eta language. As part of that process, I’ve agreed to make several posts a day featuring a word in the Nu’eta language. I also have audio clips, which I will plan to attach soon.
Here is the first Nu’eta word of the day: (good) shi’sh
I am working on a longer post explaining this project.
Here is a story I wrote for the Bismarck Tribune on Edwin Benson, the last man alive who learned Nu’eta as a first language.
This is not a sad as some non-Natives might think,. This is a time to take action. We have hope. It’s a new beginning. .
Jodi Rave