Carrie Cavender Schommer: Dakota Language Teacher (Native American Lives) - Softcover

Wilson, Diane

 
9798765671818: Carrie Cavender Schommer: Dakota Language Teacher (Native American Lives)
Softcover
ISBN 13: 9798765671818
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm), 2025

Synopsis

Carrie 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.

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About the Author

Diane Wilson is an award-winning writer, speaker, and editor. Her work includes Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past (2006), Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life (2011), and The Seed Keeper (2021) which won the Minnesota Book Award. Her essays have been featured in many publications, including We Are Meant to Rise; Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations; and A Good Time for the Truth. Wilson is a Mdewakanton descendent, enrolled on the Rosebud Reservation.

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Publisher
Lerner Publications (Tm)
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 13 
9798765671818
Binding
Paperback
Illustrator
Redhorse Taylor Cole
Number of pages
56