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Do you know a Native Language? An Indigenous Peoples’ Day Project for All Ages e Potawatomi e Odawa/Ottawa e Menominee e Oneida e Blackfoot e Ojibwe e Cree e Lakota e e Dakota e Navajo e Choctaw e Cherokee e

Please help us honor the true native languages of 3 Write the Native word you learned in permanent this land by learning and sharing nature words of marker on the colored ribbon indicated. You can local Native American Chicagoans. Here’s how! also add a drawing or photograph. Visit 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.

Choose a local native language you wish to learn.

Details at www.stjohnschicago.com.

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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. Practice saying the words! BONUS: Watch this short video about why language preservation is important: https://theways.org/story/ living-language

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