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Disclaimer: This audio was digitized thanks to a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) through the Recordings at Risk program, a national regranting program administered to support the preservation of rare and unique audio, audiovisual, and other time-based media of high scholarly value through digital reformatting. Thank you to CLIR for supporting our project  “Digitizing Important Eastern Shoshone Tribal Government Proceedings, Sacred Ceremonies and Rare Language Recordings, 1978-2018.

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The photo above is of Lucy Bonatsie.

HEADPHONE USE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!

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Description:

You will learn to talk about the weather, the seasons of the year, express your likes and dislikes, and discuss place and time. This lesson features Lucy speaking exclusively in Shoshone, and we recommend it for older children or adults who can attempt to translate her words.

Here are the timestamps for this lesson:

• Dialog One: 8:07
• Vocabulary for Dialog Two: 10:28
• Dialog Two: 15:29
• Grammar Section 1.4: 18:33
• Dual Forms of Pronouns: 21:11
• Plural Forms of Pronouns: 24:07
• Grammar Section 2.1: 26:55
• Grammar Section 2.2: 27:49
• Grammar Section 2.3: 28:30

Cuts Lucy off at 31:16

Currently, there is no translation for the words she is pronouncing. If you understand what she is saying, please feel free to comment below or email us at;

sierra.coando@gmail.com