Berenstain Bears help keep Lakota language beating (fwd link)

[phil cash cash]

I have never heard of the Berenstain Bears so (if you are like me)  
here is a graphic for you!

Phil

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On Aug 24, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote:

> Berenstain Bears help keep Lakota language beating
>
> SARAH REINECKE ? SREINECKE at ARGUSLEADER.COM ? AUGUST 24, 2010
> USA
>
> Soon, the popular Berenstain Bears cartoon characters will help  
> bring the Lakota language to life in homes across the region.
>
> Twenty episodes of the animated cartoon series will be translated,  
> recorded and broadcast on South Dakota Public Television starting in  
> the fall of next year, with all dialogue in Lakota.
>
> It's the first time in the United States that any cartoon series has  
> been translated to a Native American language and widely  
> distributed, said Wilhelm Meya, executive director of Lakota  
> Language Consortium, a nonprofit organization that partnered with  
> the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to co-produce the Lakota version of  
> the series.
>
> Access full article below:
> http://www.argusleader.com/article/20100824/NEWS/8240316/1001/news