Keep the language alive (fwd link)

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Keep the language alive

By Tim Damos

Ho-Chunk tribe member Georgia Lonetree remembers teaching at an American Indian
boarding school in Arizona years ago. She missed speaking her native language
so much, she used to drive around looking for roadside objects she could name
in Ho-Chunk.

When she finally returned to Wisconsin, hearing the language again was
overwhelming.

"It sometimes brought tears to my eyes and a lump to my throat when I'd hear my
elders pray," she said.

Full article link below:
http://www.wiscnews.com/bnr/news/269434