Carrie Cavender Schommer: Dakota Language Teacher Ho-Chunk In this book those traditions

In this book those traditions are captured

she gained sobriety and reconnected with her birth relatives

some army officers at the fort held African Americans in slavery

Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific

she passed down her songs to her children

Carrie Cavender Schommer: Dakota Language Teacher Ho-Chunk In this book those traditionsCarrie Cavender Schommer grew up in a home where Dakota was spoken, but going to school where everyone spoke English kept her from sharing her love of her Indigenous language. As an adult, Schommer spent decades teaching Dakota language and culture at the University of Minnesota and in her home community. From her childhood to her achievements as an educator, explore the inspiring life of Schommer.