Pokagons work to preserve language (fwd link)

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Pokagons work to preserve language

April 26. 2008 6:59AM
OUR OPINION

Language is among the most important symbols of a culture. And while there may
be as many as 50,000 Potawatomi Indians living today in North America, as few
as 60 speak their native language. Just five to seven are able to teach it.

The urgency to keep the language from dying away is at the heart of the Pokagon
Band's participation in a federally funded program that now involves between 25
and 30 adults in Lower Michigan.

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