CPN was one of four Native Voices Endowment grant recipients in 2022, which the language department used to fund a summer master apprentice project in 2023. The grant helped pay for three students to study Bodéwadmimwen for eight hours, five days a week for eight weeks. One language department staff member also joined the group as well as a graduate student and two Tribal members eager to audit the class, making a total of seven students.
As part of her series exploring the various ways Citizen Potawatomi can learn and connect with the Nation, Tribal member Marisa Mohi takes on the challenge of online language courses.
Citizen Potawatomi Nation provides plenty of ways to appreciate and honor Native culture and history, on not only Native American Day but also every day.
The June 2019 CPN Language Department update discusses the upcoming Potawatomi digital dictionary, language classes and offering Potawatomi in public schools.
By Justin Neely, Director of the CPN Language Department Jeshek neyap ngi-byamen ode bodewadmi mawjeshnowen. Manek bmadzejek gi zhyek ode zheshmowen mawjeshnowen. Gi kedwik neyew wak bmadzejek egi nebyegewat. Wenet ewabmegwa nikanek mine nkweshkwegwa shke bmadzejek. Ngi- yatsoke ode gete yatosokan mdemose yewak i mkekok ezhnekadek. cpn.news/owitb Gaga she wi wepta mget ode shke bodewadmimwen Read More »