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Dictionary

• Audio Pronunciation recorded from Fluent Mandan Speakers
• Consistent phonemic spelling
• The ability to search in Mandan or English with a full indexed reference dictionary
• A place to save your favorite words for quick reference
• Offline ability that works without an active data connection
• Regular updates with latest revisions and improvements

This fun to use and explore self-study tool is the ultimate electronic Mandan learning and reference App, now optimized for portable use!

Available for iOS and Android

Also Check out online version at https://mandanlanguage.org/dictionary

Textbooks

The MHA Language Project provides quality textbooks and children’s books for early Mandan Language education.

– Content approved and provided by tribal members, Edwin Benson, Valerian Three Irons, Leon Little Owl.
– Fun and culturally relevant artwork
– Reviewed by top Siouan Language experts

Free to tribal members CLICK HERE!

Books, CDs, and Pamphlets can also be picked up at the following locations:
Tribal Admin Building
MHA Education Department
Northern Lights Community Center
Parshall Segment Office
Arikara Cultural Center

Media Player

A fun audio companion for your Mandan textbooks! Just look, tap, and listen!

Audio available for:
Speak Mandan Level 1
Mandan Alphabet Coloring Book

The Mandan Media Player is a companion to the MHA Language Project’s Mandan series of textbooks and children’s books. Just point your phone at the page and tap to hear native speakers pronounce the words. The audio guide section gives you complete access to the textbook vocabulary with an easy tap and swipe interface.

Available for iOS and Android

Keyboards

Vocab Builder

Build your Mandan vocabulary with the Mandan Language Project’s FREE vocabulary game for your phone. Quiz yourself every day to learn different categories – wild animals, food, drinks, and more! The free version of the app includes:
> 12 culturally-relevant categories designed by Mandan speakers
> Up to 15 words per category, for a total of more than 75 words!
> All words written with the updated 2016 spellings/orthography.
> Audio pronunciation and visual aid for each word in the category
> Quiz yourself by matching English words to Mandan words, and vice versa
> Progress through levels to unlock new words
> Track your progress and review words you’ve learned by category or activity

Available on iOS and Android

Forum

Teaching

Tools for teaching Mandan

Teaching Mandan is a difficult task, and the MHA Language project is here to support your classroom.

Classroom Posters and Flashcards can be integrated into numerous classroom activities.

Free to MHA School Teachers CLICK HERE!

The audio component for the Mandan Level 1 textbook can be found though our bookstore or online at https://forum.mandanlanguage.org. Join the forum and let us know that you are a teacher to join the discussion with other Mandan Language Teachers.

MHA Summer Institute

The MHA Language Project supports Mandan language teachers, and encourages new teachers to join the Mandan language revitalization movement, through the annual Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikara Summer Institute (MHASI).

First launched in 2014, MHASI today is the leading professional development event in the world for MHA language teachers. For Mandan teachers and learners, it’s an event not to be missed, with courses in Mandan phonology and teaching methods, plus an Mandan Intensive track for beginners.

To learn more about the Institute, visit MHASI.com

ABOUT MANDAN

Our Language. Our Survival.

At MHA Nation we believe that the strength and health of the Mandan community depends on the vitality of the Mandan language. Our language conveys our traditions, our ways of being, and our stories. Today, our language is in danger of being lost, but we are fighting to keep it alive.

We are working hard to make new textbooks, to train fluent speakers in the latest teaching methods, and to build new technology – all to help preserve the language. Our goal is to support the Mandan-speaking community and produce as many fluent speakers of Mandan as we can!