American Indian language program receives $90K grant

 
BY DARLA SLIPKE | Published: June 10, 2011   

NORMAN — Jim Hopper worries some young members of his tribe are facing a cultural identity crisis.

They want to know what it means to be Otoe-Missouria, but they don’t understand the tribe’s native language, Hopper said.

photo - From left, Tracey Moore, Ashley Lober and Rebekah HorseChief participate in a 2010 workshop called Breath of Life - Silent No More, hosted at the University of Oklahoma. The program was designed to give people tools they need to revitalize American Indian languages that are endangered. Organizers recently received a National Science Foundation grant to continue the program. PHOTO PROVIDED
From left, Tracey Moore, Ashley Lober and Rebekah HorseChief participate in a 2010 workshop called Breath of Life - Silent No More, hosted at the University of Oklahoma. The program was designed to give people tools they need to revitalize American Indian languages that are endangered. Organizers recently received a National Science Foundation grant to continue the program. PHOTO PROVIDED

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He hopes to change that.

“If they crave to know what it means to be Otoe, we want to have the material to support that craving for them,” Hopper said.

Last summer, Hopper...
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