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Roberto Múkaro Borrero spent two decades surveying historical documents and piecing together fragments of written texts to create a new, comprehensive Taino language dictionary. And Alaina Tahlate is using what she learned from hours of recordings and hundreds of documents as she races to preserve the language of Oklahoma’s Caddo Nation that has only two fluent speakers remaining. We’ll speak with these two passionate language scholars about the dedication it takes to make a difference.
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Roberto Múkaro Borrero (Taíno), kasike of the Guainía Taíno Tribe and president of United Confederation of Taíno People
Alaina Tahlate (Caddo), language preservationist for the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma
Break 1 Music: Taino-Arawak Welcome Song (song) Joan Henry (artist) Kanogisgi – Song-Carrier (album)
Break 2 Music: Sweet Salvation (song) Wayne Garner (artist) School for Savages (album)
I want to mention the book “Taino” by Jose Barreiro, Ph.D. A history of first contact. Your program is very informative and I hope to listen in on your other programming.