Thornton Media in Banning hopes to keep Native American languages alive (fwd link)

Wed May 14 16:39:19 UTC 2008

Thornton Media in Banning hopes to keep Native American languages alive

10:00 PM PDT on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
By SHARILYN BANKOLE
Special to The Press-Enterprise

What's new: Thornton Media in Banning has developed a video game featuring
Native American languages.

What it does: Thornton creates unique tools aimed at preserving, teaching and
translating dying Native American languages. The company's products are
manufactured using the latest technological advances in linguistic electronics,
said company spokeswoman and business partner Kara Thornton. The work is a
passion she shares with her husband, company founder Don Thornton, whose mother
is Cherokee.

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