TWIN BUTTES, N.D. -The death of Edwin Benson, of Twin Buttes on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in west-central North Dakota, who was the last living soul who could fluently speak Mandan could ...

Edwin Benson stumbles through a few false starts before he catches his rhythm telling an old story about how a coyote turned into a buffalo. He sits on a stool draped with a woolly buffalo hide across ...

TWIN BUTTES, N.D. — An 85-year-old man said to be the last fluent speaker of the Mandan language has died. Edwin Benson was remembered this week with a traditional wake. His death brings the possible ...

Twin Buttes, N.D. — The art of capturing words spoken in a language threatened with extinction, and putting them in writing so they can achieve immortality in print, is work best done while nibbling ...

NEW TOWN, N.D. -- At UND's 121st commencement ceremony on May 16, Edwin Benson, Mandan tribal elder, received an honorary doctor of letters degree. Benson will now be added to the list of recipients ...

On Tuesday, May 12, Native language teachers from across the country will gather at the second annual National Native Language Revitalization Summit in Washington, D.C. Benson is scheduled to offer ...

TWIN BUTTES, N.D. | Edwin Benson is making his journey to the spirit world and, if his prayers are answered, he will finally be in the company of others who can speak to him in a language now almost ...

At the Democratic-NPL convention in Minot on March 26, 2022, there was an ugly scene. I spoke three languages that day – Mandan, Lakota, and English. Then, a squad of inquisitors confronted me. They ...

FARGO - Edwin Benson stumbles through a few false starts before he catches his rhythm telling an old story about how a coyote turned into a buffalo. He sits on a stool draped with a woolly buffalo ...

TWIN BUTTES — Edwin Benson is making his journey to the spirit world and, if his prayers are answered, he will finally be in the company of others who can speak to him in a language nearly lost on ...