Rapa Nui

[Andre Cramblit]

Keeping a Culture Afloat

A revival of the Rapa Nui tongue is energizing the small community of
Easter Island natives, whose heritage is at risk of being overrun.

By Héctor Tobar
Times Staff Writer

January 28, 2004

EASTER ISLAND ? Evelyn Hucke wants her son to speak in the language of
the king who settled this remote island more than a millennium ago, the
same Polynesian tongue spoken by the people who carved the totemic
statues that rise above the powder-blue waters of the South Pacific.

Full Article @:
http://www.latimes.com/la-fg-easter28jan28,1,4229585.story

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André Cramblit: andre.p.cramblit.86 at alum.dartmouth.org is the Operations
Director Northern California Indian Development Council NCIDC
(http://www.ncidc.org) is a non-profit that meets the development needs
of American Indians

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