Language Materials & Resource Lists
Virtual/Technology driven language learning resources:
- On-line Virtual Language Course offerings are posted on our Pokagon Website when available for registration:
- Interactive Language App
- For ALL ages, includes fun games and interactive learning techniques
- Download using the specific links below:
- iOs/Apple Devices: Bodwéwadmimwen on the App Store (apple.com)
- Google Play/Android/Kindle Devices: Bodwéwadmimwen - Apps on Google Play
The Pokagon Ėthë Bodwéwadmimwat Department is pleased to announce that chapter ten of the Bodwéwadmimwen Potawatomi Language Course through the Mango Languages App is available now!
- Mango Languages
- FREE Learning app: for students ages 8 and up
- Chapters 1-10 are now available.
- Use the link to download the Mango Languages app on your phone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mango-languages/id443516516
- Use this link to download the Mango Languages app to your computer: https://mangolanguages.com/available-languages/learn-potawatomi/
- You will need to register for an account (FREE) to open the Potawatomi Course.
- Wiwkwebthegen.com
- An online archival program that is home to many Potawatomi language audio files, historical information and photos from our very own Potawatomi/Pokagon history.
- Use this link to begin exploring: https://wiwkwebthegen.com/
- If you do not already have an account, sign up is easy!
- Kid Friendly Education Videos: videos & materials for Zagbegon | Wiwkwébthëgen
- University of California, Berkeley online language library
- If you want to hear some old recordings of Martin Wesaw (Pokagon first language speaker) or Julia Wesaw (Pokagon first language speaker), check out this collection of recordings housed at the University of California, Berkeley online language library.
- Use this link to search the audio file library: https://cla.berkeley.edu/list.php
- Enter “Potawatomi: into the search field
- Click “Filter by Language- Potawatomi”
- If you want to hear some old recordings of Martin Wesaw (Pokagon first language speaker) or Julia Wesaw (Pokagon first language speaker), check out this collection of recordings housed at the University of California, Berkeley online language library.
Language Learning Materials for Purchase:
- Bodwéwadmimwen Ėthë ték
- www.bodwe.org
- Story Books: Yathmownen Ga Widmagoyan (Stories That I Was Told), Ga Bye Widmagoyak (What We Were Told), & Mikwéndëwnen (Memories)
- Stories provided by Jim Thunder-ben Sr.
- Jim Thunder Sr. (Forest County Potawatomi Fluent Speaker)
- Language Books 1-3
- Available via the Forest County Potawatomi website: https://www.fcpotawatomi.com/products/
More Resources
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