Que. Algonquin community opens own school over language fears (fwd link)

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Que. Algonquin community opens own school over language fears

Indian Affairs denies government-run school stifles Anishnaabe tongue

Last Updated: Thursday, July 17, 2008 | 2:54 PM ET
CBC News

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.

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