Language is so bound up in culture that the loss of American Indian languages is a loss of an important part of their speakers' identities. Linguists working to preserve the Siouan family of Indian ...
A Missouri Southern State University anthropology professor has dedicated her career to the preservation of a language that no longer has any fluent speakers — Chiwere. Jill Greer has spent three ...
A language map of Eastern Siouan Speaking Peoples during the 17th century. Courtesy of Stewart Scales/Virginia Tech. The shape of the land is familiar, but the names on this map are different. Gone ...