PHS new Osage Language program flourishes (fwd link)

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Thursday November 5, 2009

PHS new Osage Language program flourishes

By BRUCE R. JACKSON J-C STAFF REPORTER
USA

The Osage Language is taught 1:35-2:20 p.m. five days per week at the Pawhuska
High School by Tallee Redcorn.

Fourteen highly motivated students show up daily to learn the nuances of the
Wah-Zha-She language every week from Redcorn who is fluent in not only the oral
tradition of the language, but also the newly developed written codification of
the symbols.

It is one of the most enjoyable learning sessions available at the school and it
counts toward a “foreign” language credit.

Redcorn relies on symbolic communication skills through pantomime and structured
lesson plans developed by the Osage Nation Language Center.

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