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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		This Six-Year-Old Could Be Part Of A Revival Of The Ojibwe Language
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:05:16
	Publish Date:		2020-05-22 05:53:00
	Description:		At first glance, the YouTube video simply shows a young girl playing with Legos at her home. But if you listen closely, it’s something more. Six-year-old Wren Gotts is describing her Lego creations, by color, in Anishinaabemowin, the traditional Ojibwe language. Wren patiently holds up each piece, explaining it in the language. Actually, “Wren” is just one of her names, she said. “Well, there’s two sorts [of names],” she said. “White Crane Girl is my [native] name.” Although she lives in Michigan, Wren is an enrolled member of the Sokaogon Chippewa Community of Mole Lake in Forest County. The world can see her videos, in part, thanks to her mom, Rebecca. “I told all of our kids, during this COVID thing, what do you have that you can share to make people cheer up or to do something good for the world?” said Rebecca Gotts. Wren can offer her language. For example, in a different video, she teaches viewers to make a traditional drum. In more than 160 sovereign tribal nations in the Great
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