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As of 2012, the Caddo Nation teaches weekly language classes; language CDs, a coloring book, and an online learning website are also available. [8] [9] There is a Caddo grammar, published August 2018, [10] and an in-depth examination of the Caddo verb, published in 2004. [11] In August 2022 the Caddo Nation Language Preservation Program was ...
All of the remaining Caddoan languages spoken today are severely endangered. As of 2007, both the Pawnee and Arikara languages only had 10 speakers, with the Caddo language only spoken by 2 (as of 2023). [1] Caddo and Pawnee are spoken in Oklahoma by small numbers of tribal elders. Arikara is spoken on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota.
The Kadohadacho are enrolled members of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, headquartered in Binger, Oklahoma, along with the Hasinai, the Hainai, and other Caddo tribes. [6] The Kadohadacho dialect of the Caddo language, closely related to the Hasinai and Natchitoche dialects, is still spoken today.
The Adai Caddo Indians of Louisiana (also known as Adai Caddo Indian Nation of Louisiana and the Adai Caddo Tribe) is a state-recognized tribe in Louisiana [1] and 501(c)(3) organization in Robeline, Louisiana. [5] Its members identify as descendants of the Adai people. [6] [7] [8] The chief is John Mark Davis, as of 2023. [9] [4]
Wichita is a Caddoan language spoken in Anadarko, Oklahoma by the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes.The last fluent heritage speaker, Doris Lamar-McLemore, died in 2016, [2] although in 2007 there were three first-language speakers alive. [3]
Utah – from a language of one of the Ute tribe's neighbors, such as Western Apache yúdah, "high up". [ 30 ] Wisconsin – originally "Mescousing", from an Algonquian language , though the source and meaning is not entirely clear; most likely from the Miami word Meskonsing meaning "it lies red" [ 31 ] [ 32 ] (c.f. Ojibwe miskosin ).
The Caddo people comprise the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, a federally recognized tribe headquartered in Binger, Oklahoma.They speak the Caddo language.. The Caddo Confederacy was a network of Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands, who historically inhabited much of what is now northeast Texas, west Louisiana, southwestern Arkansas, and southeastern Oklahoma. [2]
The Pawnee Nation is developing teaching materials for the local high school and for adult language classes. There are also extensive documentary materials in the language archived at the American Indian Studies Research Institute. [3] The Pawnee language can be heard spoken in the 2015 movie The Revenant. [4]