WAMBLI MATO SEZ: THE LAKOTA LANGUAGE IS THE VERY EMBODIMENT OF ALL THAT WAS, IS AND TO BE LAKOTA, LITERALLY, FROM "WOMB-TO-TOMB"! "TUNKASILA, WAKAN TANKA ISNA NA ECELA WAKAN", THEREFORE, "LENT" US THIS LANGUAGE, DO NOT LET IT BECOME JUST ANOTHER "DISTINCT, BUT, DEAD LANGUAGE"! THIS COVERS IT ALL IN LAKOTA AND ENGLISH! FROM ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE, IT IS THE SUM TOTAL OF LAKOTA CULTURE. I BELIEVE ALL OTHER FIRST NATION PEOPLE(S), VIEW THEIR LANGUAGES UNIVERSALLY THIS SAME WAY! THIS JOURNEY IS LIFELONG. INSPITE OF THE FACT THAT I AM A "FIRST" LANGUAGE SPEAKER, I CONTINUE TO LEARN NEW WORDS ALL THE TIME--IT IS, AS IT SHOULD BE! CLEARLY, PROCRASTINATION LEADS TO STAGNATION, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. FOR THOSE OF "YOU" WHO ARE JUST NOW STARTING OUT, YOU WILL FIND THIS JOURNEY TO BE "JOURNEY" OF A LIFETIME---IT IS ALL THERE, ENSCRIPTED VERY CAREFULLY TO "OPEN" YOUR MANIFICENT MIND! JUST LOOK AT IT FROM ANOTHER ANGLE, IT IS ANOTHER SKILL "YOU" WILL ADD TO YOUR PROFESSIOANAL "NDN" RESUME! NOTICE HOW MANY JOB "DESCRIPTIONS" REQUIRE "MUST" KNOW LAKOTA, DINE OR ZUNI? IF NOT, IT REQUIRES THAT "YOU" KNOW SOMETHING OF THE TRIBE "YOU" ARE SOON TO BE "ASSOCIATED" WITH! "YOU" WILL ALSO BECOME PART OF A RARE, SMALL, BUT, GROWING "LANGUAGE" FRATERNITY OR SORORITY. IN ESSENCE, "YOU" WILL BECOME "EXPERTS" IN YOUR FIELD BY PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED "EXPERTISE" IN "NDN" COUNTRY---"YOU" REALLY COUNT! FOR ME, THE LAKOTA LANGUAGE IS ME, IT DEFINES ME, IT CREATES ME, IT LOVES ME AND IT WILL MAKE ME "WHATEVER" AND "WHOEVER" I CHOSE TO BE, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. REMEMBER THESE TEACHINGS: "A PEOPLE WITHOUT A HISTORY IS LIKE THE WIND OVER THE BUFFALO GRASS"--OCETI SAKOWIN TEACHING, AND, "A PEOPLE WITHOUT FAITH IN THEMSELVES CANNOT SURVIVE"--HOPI TEACHING ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTIVENESS, TIME, COMPASSION, LOVE, SUPPORT, ENCOURAGMENT AND YOUR PROFESSIONALISM. HO HECETU WELO!!!!!!!
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:29:29 +0000
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