Larry Meiller
from Monday, October 22, 2012 at 11:00 AM
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| As economically important languages dominate the globe, there are many languages that either are already extinct, or have very few speakers still living. Larry Meiller finds out about the inspiring efforts to preserve the Oneida language in Wisconsin.
Guests:
- Clifford Abbott, Patricia Wood Baer professor at UW-Green Bay, teaching in the Information Sciences, Communication, and First Nations Studies programs. He has worked with the Oneida Nation on language preservation since the 1970s.
- Loretta Metoxen ('meh-TOX-en"), tribal historian for the Oneida Nation, born and raised on the Oneida reservation in Northeast Wisconsin, served in tribal leadership for nearly 30 years. |
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