Movie

UmoNhoN Iye: The Omaha Speaking

★ 9/10 · 1 votes 2018 1h 7m Released

Documentary

From Nebraska-based filmmaker Brigitte Timmerman, this award-winning documentary profiles the last fluent speakers of the Omaha language. Through a series of vignettes, The Omaha Speaking collects the moving stories of elders who grew up speaking their native tongue and dedicated educators working to keep the language alive. Includes spoken Umóⁿhoⁿ Íye (Omaha) language with English subtitles.

Cast

T Tim Grant Self (Drum Keeper of the O O Octa Keen Self (Umóⁿhoⁿ fluent speak T Taylor Keen Self (Founder, Sacred Seed Tatanka Means Self (Narrator) W Wilhelm Meya Self (CEO, The Language Co