Post by jones on Dec 3, 2021 19:17:37 GMT -5
The family name “Mongrain” has been associated with the Osage tribe from as far back as the Chouteau dynasty.
themercury.com/news/k-state-recognizing-osage-nation-language-master-teacher-with-honorary-doctorate/article_f074ac42-0549-541a-a0ac-5acb3a940387.html
Manhattan, Kansas, December 3, 2021
Kansas State University will present an honorary doctorate to a member of the Osage Nation credited with preserving and making the Osage language more accessible.
Herman “Mogri” Mongrain Lookout will receive the honor and serve as the speaker at commencement ceremonies for the K-State Graduate School at 1 p.m. Dec. 10 in Bramlage Coliseum. . . Lookout, an Osage language master teacher and founding director of the Osage Language Department, is the inventor of the official Osage orthography, or alphabet, and language database. . . The need to preserve the Osage language began long before Lookout was born and is tied to the history of Kansas. The Osage historically occupied lands in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
themercury.com/news/k-state-recognizing-osage-nation-language-master-teacher-with-honorary-doctorate/article_f074ac42-0549-541a-a0ac-5acb3a940387.html
Manhattan, Kansas, December 3, 2021
Kansas State University will present an honorary doctorate to a member of the Osage Nation credited with preserving and making the Osage language more accessible.
Herman “Mogri” Mongrain Lookout will receive the honor and serve as the speaker at commencement ceremonies for the K-State Graduate School at 1 p.m. Dec. 10 in Bramlage Coliseum. . . Lookout, an Osage language master teacher and founding director of the Osage Language Department, is the inventor of the official Osage orthography, or alphabet, and language database. . . The need to preserve the Osage language began long before Lookout was born and is tied to the history of Kansas. The Osage historically occupied lands in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas.