Speaking to keep their native tongue alive (fwd link)

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Speaking to keep their native tongue alive

John Grap
The Enquirer

FULTON — There's a lot of quiet whispering and speaking softly as a small
class of students whispers words that are rarely heard any more.

It's a warm and windy evening as this brave band of five — including
7-year-old Onyleen Zapata and her grandmother Ruth Ann Chivis — sit around
tables inside Pine Creek Reservation's community center, learning the
Potawatomi language, which is related to Algonquin, Ojibwe and Odawa.

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