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| | BGSU -- The Monitor --BGSU and Mingo join to restore native language |
 | | Part of the challenge to accomplishing this is that the Mingo are distributed over such a large area of the country, from Kentucky to Quebec and from the Mississippi to the Hudson River, according to Sandy Andromeda, a tribal elder and historian who is writing a history of the people. |
 | | Andromeda, who wears the traditional Mingo pendant of ancient fl rock, said that, in addition to geographical separation, the Mingo historically were separated from their language by the ruling whites, who forbade the speaking or teaching of indigenous languages in an effort to subjugate native peoples. |
 | | The Mingo are beginning to integrate common greetings, words and phrases such as Come here, Go to sleep, Eat this into their everyday language, especially with the children, Georgia Adams said. |
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