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Article: Native language conference looks to children to keep the spirit alive
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- Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
- Article date:
- December 7, 1994
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Marjane Ambler
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
12-07-1994
Native language conference looks to children to keep the spirit alive.
By Marjane Ambler
GLORIETA, N.M., Nov. 9 -- Although more than 900 men, women and children stood in the palatial auditorium in Glorieta for the opening ceremonies, we were incredibly quiet as we tried to glimpse the approaching nobility. The voice and the drum of Dr. Lois Ballard, renowned Native composer and conductor, filled the air with a traditional Quapaw song for honoring warriors: "Stand up, be ready, prepare to fight the enemy."
The "warriors" slowly moved down the aisles and onto the stage, some looking a little bewildered at all the attention. Poldine ...