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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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Date: Unknown date.
Note: This is the complete audio of Rupert Weeks teaching Shoshone words. The audio starts off with rough sound quality; it stops at 18:33 and resumes at 20:20.
Description:
Rupert Weeks teaches you how to speak Shoshone. He covers various topics, including hair colors, eye colors, seasons, nature, numbers, days of the week, animals, relationships, people, tribal references, foods, and plants.
Additionally, he discusses dances and two ceremonies, such as the Big Horse Dance, Wolf Dance, Round Dance, Owl Dance, Pointing Ceremony, Morning Ceremony, and Warbonnet Dance.


