How to Become Proficient in Chickasaw
Joshua HinsonJoshua Hinson is an artist and Director of the Department of Chickasaw Language in the Division of History and Culture for the Chickasaw Nation. Here, Joshua describes the Nation’s Master-Apprentice program and how it takes a unique and passionate person to learn a new language.
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