Can Our Ancestors Hear Us?

All My Relations Podcast

Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane

Native, Documentary, Pop Culture, Contemporary Native American Culture, Relationships, Society, Indigenous, Native American, Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

On this episode we tackle a huge topic: the importance and power of our Indigenous languages, and the work that's being done to revitalize and promote Native languages. It was too much to fit in with just one guest, so we collected stories from throughout Indian Country, talking to Thelma Whiskers from Southern Ute, Harry Oosahwee from Cherokee Nation, Henrietta Mann from Cheyenne Nation, Amber Heywood and Archie Cantrell from Puyallup, and Tia Averett Pocknett and Sola Santos from Mashpee Wa...

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0:00.0	They said, oh, Mrs. Whiskers is kind of hard to talk to you.
0:06.3	And I said, nope.
0:07.9	If you keep coming, if I keep teaching you, young ones,
0:11.9	you'll be easy for you, young parents.
0:15.0	And my tribe, they don't talk in their own language.
0:20.9	Nothing.
0:21.4	Just English.
0:23.3	And I tell them that you guys ain't no white.
0:27.2	You guys are Indians.
0:30.0	And you guys are youths.
0:32.3	And let's keep it.
0:34.6	You know, let's don't forget our language.
0:37.0	And I tell them, bear that.
0:38.4	It's just coming.
0:40.2	And I tell them, we are at.
0:42.8	That means bear.
0:44.1	We are at.
0:46.3	We are at.
0:47.8	We are at.
0:48.9	We are.
0:50.6	That means a bear.
0:52.4	He's coming.
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