As COVID Spreads Through Indian Country, Communities Work To Save Elders & Native Languages
53:07 On this edition of Your Call, were discussing how COVID is affecting Native communities and putting Native languages at risk. Fewer than 120 Native American languages remain. In 2020, there were only 230 native Dakota and Lakota speakers on the Standing Rock Reservation. Their average age is 70. Elders and those who are fluent Native language speakers are being prioritized for vaccinations, but many say we are running out of time. What’s being done to preserve and revitalize these langu...
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