tecumseh was the or original name and it means shooting start in shawnee or whatever his mother's madein tribe was. metacomme metacommetfought with the new englanders in the 1600. my question to the lady, linda hogan, is how many indian tribes to they still have their own original language and are they producing more scholarly work in that language and do you speak any of the different tribes's language? >> guest: almost all the tribe still have the language or are revitalizing. even have programs for children where they only speak language in school part of the time. and so emerging programs. i think that i have taken classes in chickasaw. i don't speak other tribal languages. if i did choose one i would try to speak navajo but it is way too complex so i am not sure i would be able to learn it. i am and amateur speaker. it is hard to learn another language and it is hard especially as you get older. >> host: why in many of your books have you chosen to write about tribes other than the chickasaw? >> guest: you mean like in the novels? >> host: yes. >> guest: i don't want my own tribe

this study had no scientific evidence whatsoever to support it and the guy who wrote it david your shawnee had a history of anti muslim writings and is behind a lot of the anti shari'a law legislation that is sweeping the country which brings us to strategy three invent the danger of creepiness shari'a as i said a number of republican controlled state legislatures around the country have passed laws in the last year or so banning the practice of shari'a law to america but there's a big movement to make it happen right also a number of prominent conservative commentators and politicians have warned us of the dangers sure you know what the stealth jihad agenda is all about is exactly that making bringing in piece by piece and bit by bit elements of this moment and reinforcing the principle in all of these small incidents that whenever it's not make law and american lower custom collide it is american law that has to give way and this law make a law that has to be accommodated by american authorities and institutions those dangerous scenario is that radical muslims seize power and put sharia

. >> well, you mentioned the shawnee in new york.hat struck me as a very interesting story of a tribe because this is a transcribe that's very -- you know, it's big east coast population centers, but they work very hard sort of staying off the grid when it comes to official involvement with the united states government and administration. maybe you'd like to tell us a little about that. >> sure. >> well, and i think it was 1934. there was an act essentially -- the federal government in 34 there was an accident. the federal government took over tribes to say this is how you can run your government and the idea was meant to be helpful but it wasn't in all cases. included tribal chairman -- or chairwoman to vote and have a council so that literally when someone from washington said take me to your leader they said this is the leader and this is not how native people worked at all. they had different leaders for different functions and different tribal nations had different systems in place and they worked for them. this is another overl

tecumseh was the original name, and it does mean shooting star in the shawnee or whatever his mother'saiden tribe was. metacomet refers to king phillip, and he fought in the 1600s. and my question to the lady, linda hogan, is how many indian tribes today still have their original language, and are they producing works, scholarly work in that language? and do you speak any of different tribes' language? >> guest: um, i think almost all the tribes still have their language or are revitalizing, and, um, even have, um, programs for children where they only speak the language in school part of the time. and so immersion programs. and i think that, um, i've taken classes in chickasaw. i don't speak other languages. if i did choose one, i think i would try to speak navajo, but it's way too complex, so i'm not sure i would ever be able to learn it. but i'm an amateur speaker. [laughter] and it's hard to learn another language, and it's hard especially as you get older. >> host: linda hogan, why in many of your books have you chosen to write about tribes other than the chickasaw? >> guest: um,

gina is from shawnee and she expresses this point of view i think very appropriately for where we are today. and in asking gina if i could share with you what she wrote to me, she indicated this was the very first time she had ever written a member of congress. and here's what she had to say that i hope we will take into account. and again, while we bring philosophies and viewpoints, approaches to government to washington, d.c., in my view, there's an opportunity for common sense and good judgment to prevail. here's what she says. i firmly believe that the united states needs to start living within our means. however, i am frustrated beyond belief with the inability of congress to do their jobs and ensure that we do not throw the country back into recession. while i and my husband are employed, we feel lucky to have jobs. we work hard, pay our taxes and try to raise our children the right way. it absolutely boggles my mind we cannot come to a compromise on the dlng debt ceiling issue that is so critical to the financial markets and the average american citizen. for it is us, the middl

gina is from shawnee and she expresses this point of view i think very appropriately for where we are today. and in asking gina if i could share with you what she wrote to me, she indicated this was the very first time she had ever written a member of congress. and here's what she had to say that i hope we will take into account. and again, while we bring philosophies and viewpoints, approaches to government to washington, d.c., in my view, there's an opportunity for common sense and good judgment to prevail. here's what she says. i firmly believe that the united states needs to start living within our means. however, i am frustrated beyond belief with the inability of congress to do their jobs and ensure that we do not throw the country back into recession. while i and my husband are employed, we feel lucky to have jobs. we work hard, pay our taxes and try to raise our children the right way. it absolutely boggles my mind we cannot come to a compromise on the dlng debt ceiling issue that is so critical to the financial markets and the average american citizen. for it is us, the middl