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<DIV><SPAN class=201564517-21012005><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>That's
interesting. I had heard that at least one Pawnee specialist couldn't
identify the language as Pawnee in the short clip in which it was used. As
for the Lakota, I heard several different versions. One was that some of
the film was done in Canada and that a number of Cree speakers had to be coached
on the Lakota dialog. Others have told me that most of the actors were
actually Lakotas. At least Floyd Westerman and some of the other Lakota
"elders" in the film seem to be fluent.
Bob</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
owner-siouan@lists.colorado.edu [mailto:owner-siouan@lists.colorado.edu] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Jonathan Holmes<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 21, 2005 11:23
AM<BR><B>To:</B> siouan@lists.colorado.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Dances with
Wolves.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>When "Dances With Wolves" first came out I found out that a couple
of Lakota friends (Doris Leader Charge who is also in a couple of
non-speaking scenes, and Albert White Hat, Sr.) had been instrumental in
teaching the cast how to speak Lakota. Unfortunately other Lakota speakers
from both Pine Ridge and Rosebud who watched the movie gave the cast an
overall B+ for their ability. My Pawnee friends gave higher marks
for the Pawnee language used in the movie. "They spoke good Pawnee." Still,
the movie did much better than some other movies in the past.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>"R. Rankin" <rankin@ku.edu></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">For
those of you who like Kevin Costner or Floyd Red <BR>Crow Westerman and want
to hear some spoken Lakota (or <BR>that mysterious language no one can
identify that is <BR>supposed to be Pawnee), I see that the PAX network has
<BR>the movie scheduled for tomorrow (Friday) evening at 8 <BR>p.m. Central
Time. I don't know about other zones, but <BR>the network is
nationwide.<BR><BR>Bob <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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