Plants Have So Much to Give Us

and the teachings of plants

lushly imagined prose

often on the fringes of urban centers

10-year-old Margaret Pokiak can hardly contain her excitement

The Language Warrior's Manifesto: How to Keep Our Languages Alive No Matter the Odds language reference Plants Have So Much toAcross 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.