UmoNhoN Iye: The Omaha Speaking

UmoNhoN Iye: The Omaha Speaking

Our language is sacred, no one can take it from us.

11/15/20181h 7min9.0/10(1 TMDB votes)
Documentary

Directed by Brigitte Timmerman

Plot

From Nebraska-based filmmaker Brigitte Timmerman, this award-winning documentary profiles the last fluent speakers of the Omaha language. Through a series of vignettes, The Omaha Speaking collects the moving stories of elders who grew up speaking their native tongue and dedicated educators working to keep the language alive. Includes spoken Umóⁿhoⁿ Íye (Omaha) language with English subtitles.

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Cast

Tim Grant

Self (Drum Keeper of the Omaha Tribe)

Octa Keen

Self (Umóⁿhoⁿ fluent speaker)

Taylor Keen

Self (Founder, Sacred Seed Project)

Tatanka Means

Tatanka Means

Self (Narrator)

Wilhelm Meya

Self (CEO, The Language Conservancy)