Glenn Wasicuna

Glenn Wasicuna ( Dakota   ; 5 ga Yuni, 1950–3 ga Mayu, 2025) dattijo ne kuma ƙwararre a fannin harshe na Dakota wanda ya yi aiki don kiyaye harshen Dakota a matsayin farfesa da kuma ta hanyar wayar da kan jama'a a Minnesota.

 Sabuntawar yaren Dakota 
Wasicuna ya fara koyar da yaren Dakota a shekarar 1998. Ya yi aiki tare da dukkan al'ummomin Dakota guda huɗu da aka amince da su a Minnesota: Al'ummar Indiya ta Upper Sioux, Al'ummar Indiyawa ta Lower Sioux, Shakopee Mdewakaton Sioux Community, da Al'ummar India ta Prairie Island. Ya kuma yi aiki tare da Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate a Dakota ta Kudu. Ya kasance Darakta na Nazarin Dakota, Makarantar Tribal ta Tiospa Zina don al'ummar Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux, yayin da yake aiki don fara shirin yaren Dakota a can a cikin 2000. Ya kuma koyar da darussan a Prior Lake .  Ya kuma koyar da koyar da Dakota a Kwalejin Gustavus Adolphus kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga Jami'ar Minnesota a kan yaren Dakota.

A cikin 2019, ya zama farfesa a Jami'ar Jihar Minnesota, Mankato don koyar da harshen Dakota, kuma shine malamin yaren Dakota na farko a kwalejin. Ya ce yana so ya zama farfesa don ya iya "koyar da malamai" game da Dakota. Ya riga ya koyar sama da shekaru 20. Koyarwarsa ta harshe ta haɗa da koyarwar al'adun Dakota, kuma lokacin da ya koya wa mutanen Dakota yaren, ya gan shi a matsayin kwarewar warkarwa.

Ya kasance mai aiki a wuraren jama'a ta amfani da harshen Dakota, kamar lokacin da ya raira waƙar Dakota tare da Jason Mack da Dave Brave Heart a hidimar bautar Hauwa'u ta godiya a Ikilisiyar Ikilisiya ta farko a cikin 2019. A cikin 2020, ya yi magana a wani yunkuri na Tsohon Soja don Zaman Lafiya don tunawa da Dakota 38.

An haifi Wasicuna a cikin Sioux Valley Dakota Nation a Manitoba . Ya halarci makaranta a ajiyar daga K-8, kuma ya tafi Makarantar zama ta Indiya don makarantar sakandare. Ya girma yana magana da Dakota kuma ya koyi Harshen Ingilishi a makaranta. Lokacin da yake a makarantar zama, an hukunta shi saboda yin magana da Dakota, tare da azabtarwa daya da aka kwafe shi da hannu duk shafin ƙamus na Turanci.

A shekara ta 1984, Wasicuna ya kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Western Ontario kuma ya sami digiri a fannin aikin jarida. Ya yi aiki a matsayin edita da mai bugawa na Dakota Times kuma a matsayin manajan ofishin Kanada na Indiya A yau.

Wasicuna ya auri Gwen Westerman, wanda ya sadu da shi yana aiki a kan yaren Dakota a Shakopee . Ita ce ta uku ta Minnesota Poet Laureate . 

An rubuta labarin mutuwarsa a Dakota, ana nufin jaddada muhimmancin Dakota a matsayin harshe mai rai. Kafin mutuwarsa, yana ɗaya daga cikin malamai biyu kawai a Minnesota waɗanda ke magana da Dakota a matsayin yarensu na farko.

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2025
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1950