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April 30, 2024
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Starting point: How to learn a Native language

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
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Tanner Veo found pride in organizing events at UTTC, where he aimed to get students involved with extracurriculars and events, such as the handgame tournament in January. Photo Courtesy of Tanner Veo

Here’s a video about a Tlingit language immersion retreat. We can learn our Native languages by taking simple steps, like learning five words a day. And using those words with our children. The video is encouraging for anyone working on revitalization. It’s important to start somewhere, considering 70 Native languages could disappear in the United States in the next decade.

Jodi Rave

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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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