Post by Historian on Jun 26, 2009 12:30:59 GMT -5
Tusweca Tiospaye
Tusweca Tiospaye (two-swe-cha tee-o-shpa-yea), located on the Pine Ridge Reservation, home of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, is a Native non-profit organization devoted to the promotion and strengthening of the Lakota language.
Of the many hundreds of languages spoken in North America prior to European contact, only a handful, perhaps a dozen, can be considered viable enough today to survive. Lakota is one of them. Unfortunately, Lakota is dangerously close to extinction. Recent linguistic surveys, anecdotal evidence, and the 2000 US Census reveal that the situation for the Lakota language is very serious. Lakota speakers of all abilities, on and around the Lakota speaking reservations in North Dakota and South Dakota, amount to between 8,300 and 9,000 persons, which represents just 14% of the total Lakota population.
Not only are Lakota speakers becoming fewer in number, they are also growing older. Today, the average Lakota speaker is nearly 65 years old. These existing Lakota speakers are dying and are not being replaced by new Lakota-speaking generations. Despite these obstacles, the Lakota language has a significant chance of being revitalized.
Tusweca Tiospaye has been created to develop a strong, healthy, and prosperous environment in which Lakota wakanyeja (“children”) and their tiwahe (“families”) can learn and incorporate the Lakota language into their daily lives and you can help their efforts with your generous tax-deductible donations.
Here's what they can use:
*Lakota Dictionary: Lakota-English/English-Lakota, New Comprehensive Edition by Eugene Buechel, Paul Manhart
*Lakhotiya Woglaka Po! - Speak Lakota (Level 1) Audio CDs
*Lakhotiya Woglaka Po! - Speak Lakota (Level 1) textbooks
*Colored pencils
*No. 2 pencils
*Ballpoint pens
*Copy paper
*New or reconditioned printer cartridges (color and black and white) for an HP 1410 All-in-One Printer
*Personal, portable CD players (with batteries)
*Notebook/filler paper
*Spiral notebooks
*Book bags/backpacks
*One-third cut manila folders
*Crayons
They can also use monetary donations in the form of checks or PayPal payments. If you'd like to make a monetary donation via PayPal, please send your donation using this e-mail: mike@tuswecatiospaye.org
If you'd like to send a check, please make it out to "Tusweca Tiospaye" and mail to the P.O. Box listed below.
Please ship your donations to:
Via U.S. Mail:
Michael Carlow, Jr.
Executive Director
Tusweca Tiospaye
P.O. Box 693
Pine Ridge, SD 57770
Via UPS or FedEx:
Michael Carlow, Jr.
Executive Director
Tusweca Tiospaye
693 BIA Highway 32
Pine Ridge, SD 57770
For more information, go to:
tuswecatiospaye.org/
Tusweca Tiospaye (two-swe-cha tee-o-shpa-yea), located on the Pine Ridge Reservation, home of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, is a Native non-profit organization devoted to the promotion and strengthening of the Lakota language.
Of the many hundreds of languages spoken in North America prior to European contact, only a handful, perhaps a dozen, can be considered viable enough today to survive. Lakota is one of them. Unfortunately, Lakota is dangerously close to extinction. Recent linguistic surveys, anecdotal evidence, and the 2000 US Census reveal that the situation for the Lakota language is very serious. Lakota speakers of all abilities, on and around the Lakota speaking reservations in North Dakota and South Dakota, amount to between 8,300 and 9,000 persons, which represents just 14% of the total Lakota population.
Not only are Lakota speakers becoming fewer in number, they are also growing older. Today, the average Lakota speaker is nearly 65 years old. These existing Lakota speakers are dying and are not being replaced by new Lakota-speaking generations. Despite these obstacles, the Lakota language has a significant chance of being revitalized.
Tusweca Tiospaye has been created to develop a strong, healthy, and prosperous environment in which Lakota wakanyeja (“children”) and their tiwahe (“families”) can learn and incorporate the Lakota language into their daily lives and you can help their efforts with your generous tax-deductible donations.
Here's what they can use:
*Lakota Dictionary: Lakota-English/English-Lakota, New Comprehensive Edition by Eugene Buechel, Paul Manhart
*Lakhotiya Woglaka Po! - Speak Lakota (Level 1) Audio CDs
*Lakhotiya Woglaka Po! - Speak Lakota (Level 1) textbooks
*Colored pencils
*No. 2 pencils
*Ballpoint pens
*Copy paper
*New or reconditioned printer cartridges (color and black and white) for an HP 1410 All-in-One Printer
*Personal, portable CD players (with batteries)
*Notebook/filler paper
*Spiral notebooks
*Book bags/backpacks
*One-third cut manila folders
*Crayons
They can also use monetary donations in the form of checks or PayPal payments. If you'd like to make a monetary donation via PayPal, please send your donation using this e-mail: mike@tuswecatiospaye.org
If you'd like to send a check, please make it out to "Tusweca Tiospaye" and mail to the P.O. Box listed below.
Please ship your donations to:
Via U.S. Mail:
Michael Carlow, Jr.
Executive Director
Tusweca Tiospaye
P.O. Box 693
Pine Ridge, SD 57770
Via UPS or FedEx:
Michael Carlow, Jr.
Executive Director
Tusweca Tiospaye
693 BIA Highway 32
Pine Ridge, SD 57770
For more information, go to:
tuswecatiospaye.org/
