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| Title | Arapaho Speaker and Language Activist Honored |
| Body | From http://www.nativetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4078:linguist-brings-language-lessons-laughter-to-indian-exposition&catid=49&Itemid=25 Linguist brings language lessons, laughter to Indian Exposition Written by DANA ATTOCKNIE August 16, 2010 Alonzo Moss, Sr. knows his Northern Arapaho language and his Johnny Cash songs. Moss, 72, was honored as the 2010 Indian of the Year for the 79th American Indian Exposition during a reception Aug. 7 at the First United Methodist Church of Anadarko. “The only thing that’s going to make me Arapaho is if I speak Arapaho,” Moss said. Arapaho is his first language and Moss was raised in a household where Arapaho was the only language spoken when he was a child. He learned English at St. Stephens Indian Mission boarding school in St. Stephens, Wyo. when he was 6 years old. Today, Moss serves on the Northern Arapaho Language Commission. The commission supervises the tribe’s Language and Culture preservation, and endorses qualified people who need certification to teach Arapaho language in schools. Read the full article at http://www.nativetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4078:linguist-brings-language-lessons-laughter-to-indian-exposition&catid=49&Itemid=25 |
| Source | Native American Times |
| Inputdate | 2010-08-21 04:28:00 |
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| Publishdate | 2010-08-23 00:00:00 |
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