Mendota tribe struggles to keep language, culture alive (fwd link)

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Mendota tribe struggles to keep language, culture alive

It's believed that fewer than 10 Minnesotans speak fluent Dakota. The
Mendota Dakota want to change that.

By COREY MITCHELL, Star Tribune
Last update: July 23, 2010 - 8:18 PM
USA

The two-story house in dot-on-the-map Mendota (population: 197) is more
ragged than rustic.

White paint is peeling off doors. A side porch has collapsed. On the front
lawn, weeds have won the turf war against grass.

But on Wednesday nights, supporters of the Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota
Community try to forget they have trouble making rent on their ramshackle
community center. There is important work to do here along Hwy. 13: There's
a language and culture to preserve.

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