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The magic of spit: Indigenous storytellers are keeping languages alive

Adorned in a thrifted valentine pink skirt and REI boots, Dooley enchanted a Friday night crowd in UW-Madison’s Discovery Building during a storytelling event hosted by the university’s Amer­i­can Indian & Indigenous Stud­ies program, along with the depart­ments of Anthro­pol­ogy, Eng­lish and Language Sciences.

For the past 25 years, UW-Madison has invited indigenous storytellers to breathe life into their languages through the annual event.