Land-based Learning Project

Land-based Learning #13 - A visit with Dr. Anton Treuer

A clarion call to action, incorporating powerful stories of struggles and successes, that points the way for all who seek to preserve indigenous languages. Across North America, dedicated language warriors are powering an upswell, a resurgence, a revitalization of indigenous languages and cultures. Through deliberate suppression and cultural destruction, the five hundred languages spoken on the continent before contact have dwindled to about 150. Their ongoing survival depends on immediate, energetic interventions. Anton Treuer has been at the forefront of the battle to revitalize Ojibwe for many years. In this impassioned argument, he discusses the interrelationship between language and culture, the problems of language loss, strategies and tactics for resisting, and the inspiring stories of successful language warriors. He recounts his own sometimes hilarious struggle to learn Ojibwe as an adult, and he depicts the astonishing success of the language program at Lac Courte Oreilles, where a hundred children now speak Ojibwe as their first language. This is a manifesto, a rumination, and a rallying cry for the preservation of priceless languages and cultures.

Land-based Learning #12 - Wodakota Wicoie - Dakota Values

Wodakota Wicoie refers to Dakota values words. Harold Blacksmith, a First Language Dakota speaker, shares his perspective based on personal experience and growing up in an immersive Dakota culture.

Land-based Learning #11 - Harold Blacksmith

The FPCC Land-based Learning Project welcomes Harold Blacksmith, a Sioux Valley Dakota from Manitoba, Canada, to learn about his role and perspectives on Land, Language, and Culture.

Land-based Learning #10 - Connecting to the Land through Stories

Special guest, Migizi Pensoneau, joins Elijah Hopkins in a discussion about how stories connect us to the land.

Land-based Learning #9: Horseback Hunting & Coming of Age Ceremony

Elijah Hopkins and Jeremy Red Eagle discuss horseback riding in relationship to traditional archery and hunting.