After the smudging ceremony that began the day, and before breaking into small groups to practice Dakota language skills, Neil McKay gave his campers a pep talk. “I did not start becoming conversational till I was 25,” he told the participants of Dakota Language Camp in Bloomington on Thursday. “Anybody can become fluent. It’s just you have to work at it.” In fact, said McKay, whose Dakota name is Cantemaza, most Dakota speakers are not first sp…
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