Mandan language: Word posts #13, 14 and 15

Edwin Benson and Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Marcus Levings

Mandan, or Nu’eta, is one of the endangered languages of the world. Edwin Benson has been working with Twin Buttes community members on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota to revitalize the language. I’m honored to share the information they’ve shared with me.

Words of the day: ~doo (here) nemak (this) nat (that) Thanks for being a part of the Twin Buttes community language revitalization project. And thanks to Cory Spotted Bear and Lanny Real Bird for all their work to revitalize the Mandan language. In this video, Benson is pictured with Tribal Chairman Marcus Levings of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation.

Jodi Rave

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation)

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