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Latin & Dakota with Demus McDonald

Explore Latin & Dakota with Demus McDonald with available transcripts, learning questions and source alignments in the South Dakota and North Dakota Elder archive.

Interview · North Dakota · Demus McDonald · NDNAEU 7

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New transcript-based questions created with AI assistance using Scott Simpson’s Learn About and Learn From guide.

Learn About questions

1. What religious responses does Demus McDonald recall learning in Latin? 2. What connection does he make with saying the sign of the cross in Dakota? 3. What does his account show about remembering more than one language in a religious setting?

Learn From questions

1. How can the language of a prayer or familiar saying affect its meaning for me? 2. What words learned long ago return to me in a particular setting? 3. How might I listen respectfully when someone brings different language traditions into one practice?

Transcripts

Latin & Dakota with Demus Mcdonald NDNAEU 7

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Two years well we had to learn math answers in Latin and to this day when I like yesterday I went to church that comes to me again we’re at the started beginning of mass the father would say normally Patris filii smear to some tea and that was the sign it across and the way we see it Dakotah say our therapy to eat good Father Son and Holy Spirit our therapy change Cavalli walk on the means of spirit so that’s that we did see that sign of the Cross in the coat

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Affiliation sources

NDNAEU document credits: Demus McDonald — Spirit Lake (Dakota).

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