Speak APACHE or get out !

A message to the Apache youth from Loreen Marin an Apache artist .

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[4295eye]

This video made me sad and very angry at once. Why not learn your language its pride in who you are as a native person. Why let it die out like everything else the rich elitists have destroyed. Does no one care about there culture anymore? Ppl this is not what america was created for, the founding fathers didn't envision a destruction of a ppl. Don't let your language die out take pride and honor in who you are.

[sazji]

One of the first steps when one group tries to annihilate another group of people is to kill their language. It's happened over and over throughout the world. But languages also "commit suicide," when speakers don't see the importance of passing it on. I'm glad these people are trying to hold onto this while they still have enough speakers.

[Floosman1]

Each has its own language and everyone should enjoy themselves in their own language and this is important

[armyguyjonny]

being an adopted child, and locating my birth parents, i have recently learned that through my fathers side, I have ties to Geronimo. My father speaks of his mother bearing a federal ID tattoo US 416. Learning Apache has become important to me because it is not only a dying language but a dyiing culture as well. I need to know where/how I can learn.

[mijnbri]

is there a relative? the tribe of Deneché!

Senith was the Chief after Deneché was murdered.

[mijnbri]

a powerfull feeling when you're listening...

Now i have a body an indonesian girl, but I will always be an Apache indian.. I was the vieuwer of our clan back in 1825.. The vieuwer of Deneche the chief of the apache indians than..

The indian name of my husband now, was at that time Senith. Another friend at that time was Badir. I want to know if there are people who lived at that time too. and i want to know if there are older people, granddad's, great grand

[TheLearning50]

@4295eye I agree with you im Native American my self and even though im not full blooded i know my language cause when we pray we pray to our andcestors and our ancestors do not know english or speek english, thats why its important to learn it for when you need to pray to our ancestors and do our rituals they will be able to understand us. Thank you to the people that made this video and to the lady for her speech very heart touching.

[Domopig444]

Wise words from a intelligent women.

[JonahtheFigPucker]

@Godstatusc Another is to encourage non-Tribal and even (gasp!) whites to speak it. I'm not English but I speak English. I don't think it hurt the English culture one bit that I do. OK so they really don't have a culture but you know what I mean. Now is the time. The stigma of being "Mex" washes over us as well, so many of the southwest have spanish names because that's how the Viceroy kept records of "his" subjects. So the same racists who tried to rub us out, are trying to rub out "mex" too.

[JonahtheFigPucker]

@Godstatusc They also don't have Tsalagi, (cherokee) even though it's a phonetically written language. I mentioned a book that the Smithsonian and Library of Congress has. There are also a lot of Apache people left, but, they're being pulled away from the language. Same in Tsalagi, when our language was first written 10% of the people didn't speak it, now only 10% DO. And that being those on the "Roll". Those not Tribal are far more, and far less of us speak it. I'm learning.

[JonahtheFigPucker]

There's also a move to strip our tribal sovereignty, GW Bush started it with the Tigua in Ysleta del Sur Texas.

It's nothing new, he was Gov of Texas and that's one of the few powers the Texas Governor has, making Indian treaties for the state/republic. His family are also the ones who robbed the grave of Geronimo, who died a POW at Ft Sill OK. A federal judge said last year there's nothing we can do ... under the AIRFA..

There's still their admitted guilt of robbing an Army Cemetery.