In this video, Ashani Coviello reflects on the ways her ancestors forged new languages, and new paths for survival, in the waters and forests of the southeastern United States - and the power she finds in reclaiming their knowledge and words, to pass on to her own daughter.

This video was created during the "We Are Our Languages" digital storytelling workshop in late 2024, organized by the Endangered Languages Project and facilitated by StoryCenter.