Joshua Hinson's Goal to Become Fluent
The Chickasaw NationJoshua 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 what he thinks a fluent speaker is and how his goal is to become like those he so admires.
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