Let's get indigenous – Jodi Rave's new indie blog up, running, sort of
I will give a lot of emphasis to my own community, Twin Buttes, N.D., given that it is home to the last fluent male speaker born speaking Mandan (Nu'eta) as a first language
Dosha! Thanks to everyone who has been waiting for me to start writing again. Welcome to my new blogging site. I have a temporary web design going, just in time to do some blogging from the National Museum of the American Indian where a language summit is about to take place, May 11-13.
As many of you know, I used to blog at Buffalo Post, but I am no longer writing or contributing to the site since I quit working at the Missoulian newspaper last week. My departure will allow me to work on some indepth writing projects that are important to me. Foremost, I will doing writing and research that allows me to more closely examine the management of Indian lands by the U.S. Interior Department. I now have my own blog, which will continue to developed and designed.
I expect to blog frequently Keep coming back to this site because I plan to get indigenous with readers, which will be a little easier these days since I'm now an independent blogger. I expect to focus on language revitalization programs. And I will also give a lot of emphasis to my own community, Twin Buttes, N.D., given that it is home to the last fluent male speaker born speaking Mandan (Nu'eta) as a first language
I'll soon introduce readers to Edwin Benson who is 78. He will be giving the opening prayer at the language summit, an event sponsored by Cultural Survival and the National Alliance to Save Native Languages. Once again, expect frequent posting at this site as I spend the next few days in Washington, D.C. And thanks to Indianz.com for keeping up to date with this blog and all the latest news in Indian Country.
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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
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Spoken Languages: English
Topic Expertise: Federal trust relationship with American Indians; Indigenous issues ranging from spirituality and environment to education and land rights
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