Carrie Cavender Schommer: Dakota Language Teacher Ho-Chunk In this work of both

In this work of both intellectual and activist history

she gained sobriety and reconnected with her birth relatives

some army officers at the fort held African Americans in slavery

Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific

the narrator details how her mother repaired a favorite beaded necklace

Carrie Cavender Schommer: Dakota Language Teacher Ho-Chunk In this work of bothCarrie Cavender Schommer grew up in a home where Dakota was spoken, but going to school where everyone spoke English kept her from sharing her love of her Indigenous language. As an adult, Schommer spent decades teaching Dakota language and culture at the University of Minnesota and in her home community. From her childhood to her achievements as an educator, explore the inspiring life of Schommer.