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I speak English. Can get by in Spanish. Learning Chinese on Duolingo. All languages of empires.

I’ve seen other indigenous people advocate for schools teaching the languages of the people whose land they sit on. Love this idea.

Went deep in a Wikipedia hole to figure out what language that would be for me. There were about 2,000 Susquahannock people living here in 1600. We kept their name for the river. Their population dwindled until the last few were murdered, along with their language, by a racist vigilante group in 1763.

I could learn Kanienʼkéha (Mohawk, farther north) or Cherokee (farther south), which are in the same Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) language family.

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Are you familiar with the Native Land project? It's helpful to find out who has lived at any particular place before it was colonized. Where possible, it has links to web sites and resources for specific tribes, as well. https://native-land.ca/

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I love looking at that Native Land site.

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Had seen their app before but forgot about it! Thank you!! So good to know that some Conestoga-Susquehannock people are still out there, finding each other. Maybe I’ll update Wikipedia. https://www.conestogasusquehannocktribe.com/

Unclear from the website if there’s a way for me to learn some of the language. I sent a message to ask.

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The story of the Conestoga-Susquehannock finding each other gives me hope!

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This is a massive resource. Love it, thank you for bringing it to my awareness.

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