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+When I began learning Lakota, the language of my ancestors, there was
+no way for me to type it on a computer without using non-free
+software. Additionally, the only software I could find supported just
+one of the proposed orthographies for the language.
+
+As an Emacs user, I knew that free software offered the ability for
+many types of languages to co-exist in the same program and went
+looking for how to enable an input mode for Lakota in Emacs. This
+talk will discuss how Emacs enabled me to define input modes for
+multiple Lakota orthographies using the Quail multilingual input
+package.
+
+I will also discuss some of the ethical and cultural considerations I
+went through when publishing the package. Lakota and many other
+indigenous languages were actively suppressed for many years, and are
+in danger of extinction. The language is being recovered now, but
+much of the available educational material comes from non-indian
+people. Before publishing an input mode for Emacs, I wanted to ensure
+that I included an orthography developed by Lakota people, not only
+the suggested orthography present in most of my educational material.
+Additionally, the choice of where to publish the source as an Emacs
+package was important, since some corporations have been known to
+support ongoing oppression against indigenous descended peoples.
+