Canada: Que. Algonquin community opens own school over language fears

[Francis Hult]

CBC News

 

Que. Algonquin community opens own school over language fears

 

Parents and elders in the last Algonquin-speaking community in Canada have pulled most of their reserve's young children from an official government-run elementary school over what some in the community say is a continuing attempt to erase their language and culture.

 

Some of the 650 Algonquins of Barrière Lake living in the remote village of Rapid Lake, or Kitiganik, have set up their own school on the reserve on the shore of Quebec's Cabonga reservoir, about 300 kilometres north of Ottawa. 

 

A few weeks ago, Canada formally apologized for trying to assimilate native children through the residential school system in the 20th century. But some members said the reserve's government-run school has been engaging in similar practices.

 

Full story:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/07/17/algonquin-school.html

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