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 TNB->Ho-Chunk Nation: Tribe Tries to Sustain Ho-Chunk Language
Posted on Thursday, December 27 @ 03:30:34 PST

AUTHOR:Mark Scarborough
Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers


Keywords: Ho-Chunk Language Ho-Chunk Nation Wazija Haci Language Ho-Chunk culture buy horse poster indian poster free pictures horse picture

Only 250 to 300 of the approximately 6,200 enrolled members of the Ho-Chunk Nation speak their own language fluently.

"Most of these speakers are 45 years or older," said Randy Tallmadge, the tribe's Wazija Haci Language Division manager. Unless something happens soon, the rich complexity of spoken Ho-Chunk that has preserved the traditions and nuances of a largely oral, storytelling culture for centuries will die with the current generation.

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