Interview · North Dakota · Demus McDonald · NDNAEU 7
Themes: Language & revitalization
New transcript-based questions created with AI assistance using Scott Simpson’s Learn About and Learn From guide.
Learn About questions
1. What contrast does Demus McDonald make between remembering Latin and remembering Dakota?
2. How does he connect Dakota language with who he was made to be?
3. What does this short account suggest about the language he has retained?
Learn From questions
1. What language or form of expression feels closely connected to who I am?
2. What learning has stayed with me because it matters personally?
3. How might I respect the importance of a language even when I do not speak it?
Transcripts
God Made Me Dakota with Demus Mcdonald NDNAEU 7
Watch this interview on YouTubeGod didn’t make me to talk Latin that’s why I can’t remember but I remember my dog go down though he made me out there kurta so I never did forget my language
Affiliation sources
NDNAEU document credits: Demus McDonald — Spirit Lake (Dakota).
Video title and URL from the supplied Teachings of Our Elders transcript document.
Source materials
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