1	00:00:08:01	00:00:10:18	When I am driving to work
I feel like
2	00:00:10:20	00:00:13:27	maybe my ancestors
are there cheering me on.
3	00:00:13:29	00:00:15:15	I'm sure they are.
4	00:00:15:17	00:00:17:02	Obviously,
they want
5	00:00:17:04	00:00:19:02	their language
to go on
6	00:00:19:04	00:00:21:05	they want our language
to go on.
7	00:00:21:07	00:00:23:06	My name is
Arlene Blackdeer.
8	00:00:23:08	00:00:25:00	I am a Ho-Chunk
language apprentice.
9	00:00:27:12	00:00:29:20	The Ho-Chunk
master apprentice program
10	00:00:29:22	00:00:32:25	is basically
made up
11	00:00:32:27	00:00:35:27	to create
younger speakers
12	00:00:35:29	00:00:38:29	that will go on teaching
the language and culture.
13	00:00:41:02	00:00:43:08	I work with --.
14	00:00:43:10	00:00:47:08	That's Aurelia Hopinkah's.
15	00:00:47:10	00:00:49:06	She grew up
in the Dells area.
16	00:00:49:08	00:00:51:04	She was raised
17	00:00:51:06	00:00:53:04	by her mom and dad
18	00:00:53:06	00:00:55:08	and she was also sent
to her grandparent's house.
19	00:00:55:10	00:00:57:16	They were sent
to the elders to be taught
20	00:00:57:18	00:00:59:24	what the elders know,
so they can carry on
21	00:00:59:26	00:01:04:00	those stories
and those ways.
22	00:01:04:02	00:01:05:20	[speaking in Ho-Chunk]
23	00:01:15:14	00:01:17:09	We work on any thing and everything.
24	00:01:17:11	00:01:19:13	When I first started
my apprenticeship
25	00:01:19:15	00:01:21:16	we were together
all the time.
26	00:01:21:18	00:01:23:14	That was my idea
27	00:01:23:16	00:01:26:05	of the best
28	00:01:26:07	00:01:28:02	and the most
that I've learned.
29	00:01:28:04	00:01:30:24	Everything she knows
she shares with me
30	00:01:30:26	00:01:33:29	like why we do
stuff that we do.
31	00:01:34:01	00:01:36:29	You know, why are the
different stories told
32	00:01:37:01	00:01:39:18	and why do they
tell that story?
33	00:01:39:20	00:01:42:07	I think that's pretty amazing.
34	00:01:45:11	00:01:52:06	[speaking in Ho-Chunk]
35	00:01:52:08	00:01:53:22	I remember hearing
36	00:01:53:24	00:01:56:10	from my elders,
and even now to this day,
37	00:01:56:12	00:01:58:17	that when our language dies,
38	00:01:58:19	00:02:02:05	that's gonna be
the end of our world.
39	00:02:02:07	00:02:05:20	When I was younger
I really did not
40	00:02:05:22	00:02:09:14	understand that.
41	00:02:09:16	00:02:11:28	Now that I'm older
I see that.
42	00:02:12:00	00:02:14:28	I see it,
because it's so close
43	00:02:15:00	00:02:16:29	coming to an end.
44	00:02:17:01	00:02:18:29	So I thought
45	00:02:19:01	00:02:21:03	out of respect
for my elders
46	00:02:21:05	00:02:23:03	and everything they've gone through,
47	00:02:23:05	00:02:25:29	that's the least I can do for them.
48	00:02:30:08	00:02:31:29	I think that
it's almost
49	00:02:32:01	00:02:34:04	too early to tell,
but when we had
50	00:02:34:06	00:02:36:27	the immersion daycare,
that's where I saw the results.
51	00:02:36:29	00:02:40:09	That's where
the speakers came from.
52	00:02:40:11	00:02:44:15	[speaking in Ho-Chunk]
53	00:02:49:20	00:02:52:16	So I think
it's too early to say
54	00:02:52:18	00:02:55:13	I don't see anything
happening in the 4k
55	00:02:55:15	00:02:58:01	or in the high schools.
56	00:02:58:03	00:02:59:10	And what's
tomorrow?
57	00:02:59:12	00:03:00:22	I usually say it
58	00:03:00:24	00:03:02:16	when I say,
see you later.
59	00:03:02:18	00:03:04:02	What is it?
60	00:03:04:04	00:03:05:18	--.
61	00:03:05:20	00:03:07:08	Anybody remember October?
62	00:03:07:10	00:03:10:15	Or what it means,
without looking.
63	00:03:10:17	00:03:12:12	>> It's like
the season of the--
64	00:03:12:14	00:03:14:08	>> Deer hide.
65	00:03:14:10	00:03:16:05	>> So how do you say
deer?
66	00:03:16:07	00:03:17:16	I do see us
raising awareness
67	00:03:17:18	00:03:20:28	to the high school students
so that at some point
68	00:03:21:00	00:03:24:02	they can go on to further their learning.
69	00:03:24:04	00:03:26:23	We're building their language and giving them
70	00:03:26:25	00:03:29:28	the basics
so they can go out
71	00:03:30:00	00:03:32:06	on their own
and possibly
72	00:03:32:08	00:03:34:07	become an apprentice.
73	00:03:34:09	00:03:37:08	[reciting in Ho-Chunk]
74	00:03:41:12	00:03:42:29	Are they going to be fluent after they
75	00:03:43:01	00:03:44:06	are done with high school?
No.
76	00:03:44:08	00:03:45:13	Will they
know a lot more
77	00:03:45:15	00:03:46:20	than they what they
went in there with?
78	00:03:46:22	00:03:47:27	Probably.
79	00:03:51:03	00:03:56:05	[speaking in Ho-Chuck]
80	00:04:08:02	00:04:11:11	We have family fun night,
just to get the community
81	00:04:11:13	00:04:13:10	involved.
82	00:04:13:12	00:04:15:09	It's really to
raise awareness of
83	00:04:15:11	00:04:17:01	what the language division
is doing.
84	00:04:19:04	00:04:21:02	Our goal,
in my mind
85	00:04:21:04	00:04:23:12	is to bring back
our Ho-Chunk language
86	00:04:23:14	00:04:27:01	bring it back to the communities bring it back to the work place
87	00:04:27:03	00:04:31:13	bring it back to more family events, and just have it
88	00:04:31:15	00:04:33:11	revitalized.
89	00:04:33:13	00:04:36:09	Bring it back to life again.
90	00:04:38:13	00:04:40:11	I guess, if I wanted to say anything
91	00:04:40:13	00:04:42:09	to anybody in any native community,
92	00:04:42:11	00:04:44:07	is get involved.
93	00:04:44:09	00:04:46:07	Get involved
in your language.
94	00:04:46:09	00:04:48:07	Get involved
in your culture.
95	00:04:48:09	00:04:50:14	It makes you
who you are
96	00:04:50:16	00:04:52:12	as a person
97	00:04:52:14	00:04:55:00	or as a community.
98	00:04:55:02	00:04:57:19	Don't let it
get to where
99	00:04:57:21	00:04:59:20	it's almost to
the point where you
100	00:04:59:22	00:05:02:09	can't bring it back.
101	00:05:02:11	00:05:04:02	I feel like
we're nearing that.
102	00:05:04:04	00:05:07:09	But with the efforts
that we're making
103	00:05:07:11	00:05:10:22	I feel, in my heart,
that we can actually do it.