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17 words only a true Wisconsinite knows how to pronounce
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhat do you get when you cross English, French and Native American heritage? A mouthful. It’s no...
Places in America You're Definitely Pronouncing Incorrectly
Cheapism via AOL· 2 weeks agoTom Merton/istockphoto Name Game The United States of America has a diverse and complicated history...
Ho-Chunk Nation launches online dictionary to breathe new life into endangered Ho-Chunk language
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHenning Garvin is mindful that a day will come when he can no longer turn to his aging dad, a fluent...
From Meskousing to Ouisconsin to Wisconsin: How the Badger State got its name
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWisconsinites are known for putting our own unique spin on words like "bubbler" and "ope," but how...
Native American translations are being added to more US road signs to promote language and awareness
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA few years back, Sage Brook Carbone was attending a powwow at the Mashantucket Western Pequot...
East Lansing's Abbot Road Park has new Native American spirit name for its cottonwood trees
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCottonwood trees are sacred to the Anishinaabe Native Americans who once traveled to Nkwejong, the lands near where the Grand and Red Cedar rivers meet, and where they saw the trees in abundance ...