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 ...

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 ...

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. (AP) - An effort to save the Mandan language may rest on the shoulders of a 75-year-old horse rancher. Experts believe Edwin Benson is the only person living who speaks fluent Mandan ...

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 ...

The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara languages are taught at Fort Berthold Community College, which was awarded a one-year National Science Foundation grant to document the Mandan language.