The Language Warrior's Manifesto: How to Keep Our Languages Alive No Matter the Odds history a former science teacher who

a former science teacher who tells her stories of plants

This book and what it offers is nothing short of thrilling

One learns a great deal about many aspects of fundamental Cree spirituality

but in light of the state brutality in response to the Standing Rock protest

The Language Warrior's Manifesto: How to Keep Our Languages Alive No Matter the Odds history a former science teacher whoAcross North America, dedicated language warriors are powering an upswell, a resurgence, a revitalization of indigenous languages and cultures. Through deliberate suppression and cultural destruction, the five hundred languages spoken on the continent before contact have dwindled to about 150. Their ongoing survival depends on immediate, energetic interventions. Anton Treuer has been at the forefront of the battle to revitalize Ojibwe for many years.