Potawatomi News, Updates, and Language!
The following links will bring you to recent articles posted in our language blog. This blog gives us a good way to present Potawatomi language and news updates. It also allows you to have a voice and comment on our articles!
Potawatomi Courses begin January 25th!
On January 25th, 2010, we will again be offering Potawatomi courses for adult students. Community and Tribal members are strongly encouraged to join us. There is no fee, but the classes can be intensive, so be prepared to work and study!
Potawatomi Basics Part 1
This is an 18 week course that covers the basics of Potawatomi grammar. This is our beginner course that covers one topic per week on subjects such as nouns, pronouns, verbs and other grammitically structured themes. The course features stories and discussions and uses writing assignments and quizzes to assess students.
Potawatomi Basics Part 2
This course is the second part of our Potawatomi Basics courses. We strongly recommend that you attend the first course before taking this one. This course covers one topic per week on subjects such as verb conjugation, possession, and the infamous “conjunct”.
If you would like to participate in either course, please sign up with a user account on our online course system and then send an email to Eric Janofski, ejanofski@potawatomilanguage.org, to let me know of your interest.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Project Ewikkendaswat Ekenomagewat
Language Instructor Skills Training
Twelve participants have registered for the new ANA Potawatomi Language Instructor Skills Training at the Heritage Center. The group met for Orientation on January 8th. There is still time, however, for community members to register for this three-year instructor training. If you would like to Learn the Language as well as to Learn How to Teach the Language, please stop in to register. Trained Potawatomi Language Instructors are urgently needed for teaching in our Tribal School and to facilitate adult language learning groups in the coming years. Now is the perfect time for you to plan for a new career! This training is funded through a grant from the Administration for Native Americans. Call 723-2270 for information.
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Storybook is an interesting and fun online resource that contains fully translated Potawatomi stories with rich understandable language concepts for Potawatomi students.
This language resource includes video lectures, a word-clickable feature that allows users to click on any word to find out what that word means, and vocabulary games to practice words.
Check it out now!...
Welcome to the Future
This may not be exactly what our Elders had in mind when they said that it is our responsibility to orally hand down to the next generation the things that we learn so that those coming behind us would have what we have and more.
We were always reminded to think ahead for seven generations remembering that what we do and how we live will serve as a foundation for those yet to come. As we pick up those things that were left for us and use them to the best of our ability, it is our intent through the electronic world to preserve and pass it on to all future generations. More...
— Earl Meshigaud, Hannahville
