Preserving Tribal Languages, Disappearing Digitally, And Hodie Ceremony
Megan Sukys
02/24/2012 at 2:00 p.m.
What Aired February 24, 2012
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- 2:06 Talking Dictionaries Help Preserve Endangered Tribal Languages
- 2:10 Putting A Price On Your Pet's Health
- 2:17 They Thought I Was Psycho
- 2:28 Frank Ahearn On Helping People Disappear
- 2:41 'Operator, Can You Help Me Call The Love Of My Life?'
- 2:45 'Peaches' By Langston Kerman
- 2:48 Louie Gong: Hodie Ceremony
- 2:53 Writer's Almanac
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