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Department of Education 58620 Sink Rd., P.O. Box 180, Dowagiac, MI 49047 (269)782-0887 or toll-free at 1-888-330-1234 go back to: Education main page Language Programs The Pokagon Band Department of Education is always working on language preservation. The question was posed at a recent language conference: “Where do we expect our language to be in 100 years?” The Pokagon Band is going to be utilizing as many tools possible to ensure that our language survives the next 100 years. LANGUAGE CLASS SCHEDULE March Adult Language Classes Classroom sites: Dowagiac Department of Education Rodgers Lake Property 58620 Sink Road Mishawaka Pokagon Band Office 310 McKinley, IN Suite 300 Thursday, March 6  7-9 pm Dowagiac Office Thursday, March 13  7-9 pm Mishawaka Office Thursday, March 20  7-9 pm Dowagiac Office Pokagon classes are Thursday nights from 7-9 p.m. at the Pokagon Department of Education in Dowagiac on March 6th and 20th. If you are interested in attending the Mishawaka classes and would like a ride from the Dowagiac office: The van leaves at 5:30 pm. Please bring money for dinner. Please call if you plan to ride, due to limited room in the van. Elders classes are held at Elders Hall in Dowagiac on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 11:00 a.m. LANGUAGE MATERIALS [PDF] 200 Words to a Community - Word List Approved List / Week of 3/3/05 / 200+ Words Prepared by Pokagon, Gun Lake, and Huron Bands of Potawatomi Language and Repatriation Committee. [PDF] 200 Words to a Community - 50 Word List w/ Pictures [PDF] Days and Months [MP3 - 4.24mb] Potawatomi Words - Counting from 1 to 40 Topic: Potawatomi Words - Counting from 1 to 40 Speaker: Don Perrot, Prairie Band Potawatomi Following are a few links to other external language sites. These sites are great resources for anyone interested in using the Internet to learn our language. Please feel free to contact the Department of Education if you have links to other languages sites you would like to see added here. Hannahville Indian Community Department of Culture, Language and History www.potawatomilanguage.org The Neshnabe Institute for Cultural Studies Potawatomi Language Revitalization http://www.neaseno.org Potawatomi Dictionary Kansasheritage.org 200 Words to a Community 200words.podomatic.com   go back to: Education main page