Land of 10,000 Stories: Reviving the dying Dakota language (fwd link)

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Land of 10,000 Stories: Reviving the dying Dakota language

11:39 PM, Jul 17, 2011
Written by Boyd Huppert
USA

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MORTON, Minn. -- The words date back to a time in Minnesota when
English was a foreign language -- when the prairies, the sun, and the
wind were described in Dakota.

This summer the Dakota language is being spoken at a park in Renville
County; passed on at a day-camp to a new generation of young speakers.
It is not unlike the early stages of the bald eagle's flight back from
near extinction.

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