Also included in EarthSayers' series, The Way. In Prayers in a Song, Tall Paul (on twitter) explores the connections between language, identity, and landscape. This video is part of The Ways, an ongoing series of stories on culture and language from Native communities around the central Great Lakes.

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In Prayers in a Song, Tall Paul (https://twitter.com/TallPaul612) explores the connections between language, identity, and landscape. This video is part of The Ways, an ongoing series of stories on culture and language from Native communities around the central Great Lakes.

Finn Ryan - Producer, Director
David Nevala - Video, Editing
Art & Sons - Design
Tilt Media - Animation
Tall Paul - "Prayers in a Song"
Mike Frey - Instrumental Production

A Production of Wisconsin Media Lab, Published on Nov 13, 2012

Living Language shares Ron Corn Jr.'s attempt to teach his daughter, Mimikwaeh, to be a first language speaker of the Menominee language. This video is part of The Ways, an ongoing series of stories on culture and language from Native communities around the central Great Lakes. Published on Nov 13, 2012

In Powwow Trail, Dylan Jennings shares a weekend of singing with Midnite Express and dancing at the Oneida Powwow. This video is part of The Ways, an ongoing series of stories on culture and language from Native communities around the central Great Lakes.

Language Apprentice: Bringing Back the Ho-Chunk Language by Arlene Blackdeer

Arlene Blackdeer, a language apprentice for the Hoocak Waaziija Haci Language Division of the Ho-Chunk Nation, shares her experience and community's effort to bring back and revitalize the Ho-Chunk language. This story is part of The Ways, an ongoing series on culture and language from Native communities around the central Great Lakes. Published on May 2, 2013 More at The Ways here.

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COCHISE at the Fineline in downtown Minneapolis at the Indigenous In Music festival! Flute medley: The 3hree Sisters, The Loon Song and Che Hullo Le (U r Sacred 2 Me).

M. Chochise Anderson is an Educator of Native Culture, Storyteller, Traditional Musician, Spoken Word Artist, and Youth Theater Director.  Visit and follow him on Facebook.

Dancing Spirit - The Fishing Song

Matika Wilbur, one of the Pacific Northwest's leading photographers, has exhibited extensively in regional, national, and international venues such as the Seattle Art Museum, the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, The Tacoma Art Museum, the Royal British Columbia Museum of Fine Arts, and the Nantes Museum of Fine Arts in France. She studied photography at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Montana and received a bachelor's degree from Brooks Institute of Photography in California. Her work led her to becoming a certified teacher at Tulalip Heritage High School, providing inspiration for the youth of her own indigenous community.

Interviewed by Bill Moyers. Born on a Native American reservation, Sherman Alexie has been navigating the cultural boundaries of American culture in lauded poetry, novels, short stories, screenplays, even stand-up comedy for over two decades. Alexie joins Bill to share his irreverent perspective on contemporary American life, and discuss the challenges of living in two different cultures at the same time, especially when one has so much dominance over the other.

Published on Apr 12, 2013