Post by Okwes on Oct 12, 2006 14:28:27 GMT -5
Dakotah Language Scrabble
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While South Dakotans recognized the contributions of Native Americans
Monday, a group near Waubay is working to preserve its native culture.
Community members at the Enemy Swim Day School are playing in the first
ever Dakotah language scrabble tournament.
The rules are the same and the board looks the same, but some of the
letters and words are different. This is Dakotah language scrabble.
Dakotah Scrabble creator Tammy DeCoteau says, "Our language is a crucial
part of our being, Dakotah, and anything we can do to revitalize and
restabilize the language no matter how difficult it is, we're going to
try and do it. It's important to us and it's important to our people."
The Dakotah language is native to tribes in eastern South Dakota and
western Minnesota. Tammy DeCoteau and elders of the Sisseton-Whapeton
Oyate tribe began developing the game two years ago so the native
language would continue to be passed down.
DeCoteau says, "A lot of our culture is intertwined with our language
and so we have an overall mission to save the language and so that our
culture remains too."
Dakotah language scrabble was designed for children in kindergarten
through second grade...but the home version of the game allows anyone
who is interested in learning the language to play.
Dakotah Scrabble player Bryan Twilling says, "The language is being lost
you know, and it's teaching everybody how to speak our language so it's
not lost."
Finding new ways to prevent the Dakotah language from being lost, while
also having fun, is what this game is all about.
DeCoteau says, "Anyway that we can make it fun to learn, we're trying
any venue that we can find."
The tribe has heard from other tribes across the country about creating
scrabble games in other native languages.
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While South Dakotans recognized the contributions of Native Americans
Monday, a group near Waubay is working to preserve its native culture.
Community members at the Enemy Swim Day School are playing in the first
ever Dakotah language scrabble tournament.
The rules are the same and the board looks the same, but some of the
letters and words are different. This is Dakotah language scrabble.
Dakotah Scrabble creator Tammy DeCoteau says, "Our language is a crucial
part of our being, Dakotah, and anything we can do to revitalize and
restabilize the language no matter how difficult it is, we're going to
try and do it. It's important to us and it's important to our people."
The Dakotah language is native to tribes in eastern South Dakota and
western Minnesota. Tammy DeCoteau and elders of the Sisseton-Whapeton
Oyate tribe began developing the game two years ago so the native
language would continue to be passed down.
DeCoteau says, "A lot of our culture is intertwined with our language
and so we have an overall mission to save the language and so that our
culture remains too."
Dakotah language scrabble was designed for children in kindergarten
through second grade...but the home version of the game allows anyone
who is interested in learning the language to play.
Dakotah Scrabble player Bryan Twilling says, "The language is being lost
you know, and it's teaching everybody how to speak our language so it's
not lost."
Finding new ways to prevent the Dakotah language from being lost, while
also having fun, is what this game is all about.
DeCoteau says, "Anyway that we can make it fun to learn, we're trying
any venue that we can find."
The tribe has heard from other tribes across the country about creating
scrabble games in other native languages.