mathias | April 11, 2011

Pow-wows (dances) give the general public a fun way of getting immersed in Native cultures and languages. The University of Iowa (.4% Native enrollment) helped fund a $35,000 inter-tribal pow-wow. Attendees Bob Morgan (a descendant of Bima River tribes) and James Sanderson Jr. (Potawatomi – Pokagon) stressed the importance of language in keeping traditions alive [...]

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Tags: Anadasgisi, Bob Morgan, Catawba, Cherokee, dance, Iowa, James Sanderson Jr., Native American Student Association, Potawatomi, pow-wow, South Carolina, storytelling, Tennessee, The Spirit of the Pacific Islands, University of Iowa, University of Tennessee

mathias | January 1, 2011

Chiwere is an endangered North American Indian language spoken by the Iowa (or Ioway, Báxoje), Otoe (or Jíwere) and Missuria (or Ñút’achi) peoples. Currently, there are two Iowa tribes: The Iowa tribe of Oklahoma, and The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, and Otoe and Missouria people are part of a joint Otoe-Missouria Tribe of [...]

Category: Chiwere (Iowa-Otoe-Missouria), Native Languages | No Comments »
Tags: Báxoje, Báxoje language, Báxoje-Jíwere-Ñút’achi, Báxoje-Jíwere-Ñút’achi language, Chiwere, Chiwere language, Iowa, Iowa language, Iowa-Otoe-Missuria, Iowa-Otoe-Missuria language, Ioway, Ioway language, Jíwere, Jíwere language, Lance Foster, Lance M. Foster, Missuria, Ñút’achi, Ñút’achi language, Otoe, Otoe-Missouria, Otoe-Missouria language