Ėthë bodwéwadmimwat

Our Ėthë bodwéwadmimwat Team

Rhonda Purcell

Mskwathigwék Director

Carla Collins

Wémkwëmikwé

Advanced Language Specialist

Kyle Malott

Bmethwen

Advanced Language Specialist

Margaret Long

Wabeshkinëgegkwé Language Apprentice

Anthony Tibbitts-Warren Language Apprentice

11partnerships

12 PRESENTATIONS/ EVENTS/CONFERENCES 4 GRANTS

Mango Project Update

• 1,607 Mango Users/Potawatomi Lessons

• 15,008 Lessons Studied/Mango Potawatomi

• 1,093 total hours studied

Key Performance Indicators

• 427 Government Requests/Classes/Translations

• 695 Citizen Requests/Classes/Translations

Ėthë Bodwéwadmimwat continued to utilize virtual language classes to keep the reach wide so that we can offer language learning opportunities to all, regardless of distance. We continued to work with language instructors, linguists, and students from our relatives’ bands to strengthen our language skills and advance language conservation across the nation. Sadly, 2022 also brought with it the loss of one of our greatest and most respected elders and fluent speaker, Jim Thunder Sr. (ben). His absence here in our physical space will be strongly felt as we continue moving our Bodwéwadmimen forward as he would have wanted us to. It is in his memory that we will continue to work with each other for the survival of our perpetual sound.

• 363 Pokagon Citizens Serviced

• 287 Outside Requests (other tribal)

• 359 Outside Requests (non-Tribal)

2023 Ėthë Bodwéwadmimwat Goals

• Work towards awarded grant objectives and supporting grants we were invited to participate in by fellow Potawatomi bands.

• Support the language apprentices, students, and Zagbëgon staff on their language journey.

• Learn best practices for language documentation and preservation for future generational language use.

• Prepare to bring to staff a Potawatomi Linguist

• Identify opportunities to serve all demographics of our Pokagon citizenship.