Nava-who?

How many of you know a second language? 3rd? 4th?

Sadly I was not given the opportunities that would leave me to be fluent in my native language of Spanish, although I try. I did the whole Spanish thing in high school and I got a B average, I would talk to my gramps and he would teach me to, the real Spanish not the formal shit you learn that no one really uses anymore. So there is that excuse.

Now I am super pumped to get Rosetta stone in Spanish. For those of you who never have heard of Rosetta stone check it out, it simple put is an amazing tool for learning a language that essentially immerses you in the language rather than memorize a bunch of words.

Now off subject for a second. I am also Apache, black foot tribe I have been told and from what my grandma used to say I am also in direct lineage of the famous Geronimo. I have been trying to learn more about that heritage but it seems the details are obscure and or not available at all. But what little I have read is that Navajo and Apache are pretty much the same, with the same language, being southwestern Athabaskan. So I decided to take it upon myself to learn my native tongue.
Sadly it is a dieing language, only 5% of youths can speak it in this culture.

In efforts to save this dieing language, Rosetta stone has started this program to save languages such as Navajo, they use donations to study and analyze the written and spoken words. Which is actually more of a feat than a task since most elders do not now the basics of how it came to be just stories their parents told them.

My point is that we all have heritage, some way or another we are in a giant cauldron of racial diversity. We all could benefit from learning more about our history. What is that saying? Those who don't know learn from their past are doomed to repeat it.

I am looking forward to getting Rosetta stone Navajo, I feel great about myself, preserving a language that has been around for so long. I plan to teach my kids.

knowledge is power.