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Note: Audio abruptly stops from 28:34 to 29:00. Headphone use is recommended.

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.

Description:

In this audio, Angeline Wagon teaches you how to speak Shoshone. The words are first said in English by an unknown woman, and then Angeline repeats them in Shoshone. In this lesson, you will go over short phrases, for example, "What does the man see? The man sees the woman," "What does the man have? That is ______," etc. Followed by short phrases with no English. Finally, they go over words such as "to do," "to eat," "run," "chase," "coffee," "tea," "water," and "who."

With the final subject, they talk about "Who is drinking coffee?" "The man is drinking coffee," "What is the bear doing?" etc.