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I guess I'll throw in my story on this. <br>
<br>
My dear departed Lakhota teacher Hannah Left Hand Bull Fixico worked
with Kevin C. in Hollywood on the editing of the movie, an experience
that deeply impressed her (she sat with him and told him when it would
make sense to cut, etc.) -- he was very polite and deferential to her,
and she just loved him. <br>
<br>
But when we sat down on one occasion with the video and tried to make a
transcript of one of the Lakhota conversations (among non-native
speakers), she was so dismayed by the quality of the Lakhota -- when it
came to writing it down word for word, rather than just letting it flow
along -- that she became very uncomfortable and didn't want to
continue. She would not, I think, have given as high a grade as B+...<br>
<br>
Pam<br>
<br>
Jonathan Holmes wrote:<br>
<blockquote cite="mid20050121172302.21520.qmail@web54507.mail.yahoo.com"
type="cite">
<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" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rankin@ku.edu"><rankin@ku.edu></a></i></b> wrote:</div>
<blockquote class="replbq"
style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;">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>
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Pamela Munro
Professor, Department of Linguistics, UCLA
UCLA Box 951543
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543 USA
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