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Do you know a Native Language? An Indigenous Peoples’ Day Project for All Ages
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lease help us honor the true native languages of this land by learning and sharing nature words of local Native American Chicagoans. Here’s how!
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3 Write the Native word you learned in permanent marker on the colored ribbon indicated. You can also add a drawing or photograph.
1 V isit the St. John’s garden (next to 3857 N Kostner Ave). Write down the words for the things you see that you want to learn the names of, such as dirt, grass, rabbit, tree, robin, flower, worm etc. You can also do this in your own yard or park near you.
4 Go back to the garden and tie the ribbon to the tree, flower, etc. and bring some sticks to tie ribbons and pictures for other words like rabbit, butterfly, wind.
2 Choose a local native language you wish to learn. Details at www.stjohnschicago.com.
BONUS: Watch this short video about why language preservation is important: https://theways.org/story/ living-language
5 Practice saying the words!
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