VO w88 sports betting app Burns:
What if you couldn't describe the color of
the sky. What if you didn't have a word
VO w88 sports betting app Burns:
for lake or bird. w88 sports betting app forms the
basis of all culture. When the w88 sports betting app
VO w88 sports betting app Burns:
disappears so does the folklore, myths
and traditions. You begin to lose a sense
VO w88 sports betting app Burns:
of place, purpose and identity when your
w88 sports betting app no longer exists. By the turn of
VO w88 sports betting app Burns:
the century, fifty to ninety percent of
all world languages are predicted to
VO w88 sports betting app Burns:
disappear. That is a problem facing the
Paiute w88 sports betting app also known as the Numu.
Christina Thomas:
Preserving our w88 sports betting app is very
important because for us as native
Christina Thomas:
people, our w88 sports betting app is what binds our
culture, our songs, our stories, our dances,
Christina Thomas:
all together. And without our w88 sports betting app, we
lose all those aspects. And so it's
Christina Thomas:
incredibly important that we preserve
our w88 sports betting app especially now. Our w88 sports betting app
Christina Thomas:
is considered critically endangered and
we have very few fluent speakers left.
Christina Thomas:
Probably in Pyramid Lake, Reno-Sparks
area, I would say there's less than ten
Christina Thomas:
fluent speakers of either Paiute, Washoe
or Shoshone.
w88 sports betting app Burns:
I didn't realize, you know, as young person that I thought everybody be still speaking. And I hate to see it stop.
Christina Thomas:
So this is going to be the first time
the w88 sports betting app of Nevada is going to be
Christina Thomas:
offering an indigenous w88 sports betting app in their
World w88 sports betting app Department. So the Paiute
Christina Thomas:
w88 sports betting app course does satisfy the world
w88 sports betting app requirements for the University of Nevada, Reno.
w88 sports betting app Burns:
How I learned the w88 sports betting app, there's no written, no recording, nothing. It
w88 sports betting app Burns:
was just everyday languages in the home. And I thank my grandma and my mom.
Christina Thomas:
So since first meeting w88 sports betting app and just attending his class and then taking one-on-one classes with him during my independent
Christina Thomas:
study at UNR, we could become really
close over the years.
Christina Thomas:
And I see him more like a family friend
or grandfather figure in my life.
Christina Thomas:
And, I'm so excited, so fortunate to
have met him and just thankful that he's
Christina Thomas:
in my life. And every time, I would have a
question for one of my classes or if
Christina Thomas:
my students asked me something I
didn't know, I could call w88 sports betting app and I'm
Christina Thomas:
so fortunate that we've been able to
present and perform alongside together
Christina Thomas:
for many years. I took his place at Reed
high school, and then I was at UNR and I
Christina Thomas:
got this course started. And now when I
was going through the steps and they
Christina Thomas:
asked me well who's going to teach? Are
you gonna teach it? And that was never my
Christina Thomas:
intention. I didn't start this so I could
teach it. In my mind, I started this and I
Christina Thomas:
saw him or another elder teaching this
class. So I think it's come full circle.
w88 sports betting app Burns speaking Paiute:
Our w88 sports betting app has been here a long time, and it’s good we’re teaching it.
w88 sports betting app Burns speaking Paiute:
So maybe it will last a lot longer. Now with young people learning the w88 sports betting app, it good we’re teaching the w88 sports betting app.
Christina Thomas:
Once I learned w88 sports betting app, I always envisioned
Christina Thomas:
myself speaking to my son or my daughter
in our w88 sports betting app. And it's it gives me
Christina Thomas:
good . . . like last night you know he didn't
even think twice before he said [goodnight in Paiute].
Christina Thomas:
He said good night. And then
he said I love you in Paiute. And so
Christina Thomas:
knowing that he's just doing it without
thinking about it, makes me feel really
Christina Thomas:
good that I'm kind of doing my part and
passing on what I've learned from elders
Christina Thomas:
and passing that on to my child as well.
