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EPISODE · Oct 9, 2023 · 23 MIN

Keeping Indigenous Languages, Traditions Alive

from In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons

For many Native Americans, their families have lost their language and history because of years of Indigenous people forced to go to boarding schools where they had to assimilate to white culture. Reset spoke with president of the American Indian Association of Illinois, Dorene Wiese about preserving languages and oral history. To hear more conversations like this one, you can find an archive of our work at wbez.org/reset.

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For many Native Americans, their families have lost their language and history because of years of Indigenous people forced to go to boarding schools where they had to assimilate to white culture. Reset spoke with president of the American Indian...

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