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==Language revitalization== As of 2009, about 15β20 elders were second-language speakers of Osage. The Osage Language Program, created in 2003, provides audio and video learning materials on its website.<ref>{{Cite web |title = Osage Nation Language Welcome Page |work = Osage Nation |access-date = 2012-09-22 |url = http://www.osagetribe.com/language/welcome_sub_page.aspx?subpage_id=1 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121018151553/http://www.osagetribe.com/language/welcome_sub_page.aspx?subpage_id=1 |archive-date = 2012-10-18 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The 2nd Annual Dhegiha Gathering in 2012 brought Osage, [[Kansa language|Kaw]], [[Quapaw language|Quapaw]], [[Ponca language|Ponca]] and [[Omaha language|Omaha]] speakers together to share best practices in language revitalization.<ref>{{Cite web |title = Dhegiha Gathering Agenda, 2012 |access-date = 2012-09-22 |url = http://www.osagetribe.com/language/uploads/2ndAnnual-Agenda20120724.pdf |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130606080511/http://www.osagetribe.com/language/uploads/2ndAnnual-Agenda20120724.pdf |archive-date = 2013-06-06 }}</ref> In early 2015, Osage Nation Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear announced he would make Osage language immersion a priority.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Fluent Osage Speakers are a Priority for Osage Nation|url = http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/03/02/fluent-osage-speakers-are-priority-osage-nation-159428|website = Indian Country Today Media Network.com|access-date = 2015-10-05|last = HorseChief-Hamilton|first = Geneva|date = 2015-03-02|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150512232819/http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/03/02/fluent-osage-speakers-are-priority-osage-nation-159428|archive-date = 2015-05-12|url-status = dead}}</ref>
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