UmoNhoN Iye: The Omaha Speaking

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.

• Brigitte TimmermanDirector
• Brigitte TimmermanWriter

• Tim GrantSelf (Drum Keeper of the Omaha Tribe)
• Octa KeenSelf (Umóⁿhoⁿ fluent speaker)
• Taylor KeenSelf (Founder, Sacred Seed Project)
• Tatanka MeansSelf (Narrator)
• Wilhelm MeyaSelf (CEO, The Language Conservancy)