Ojibwe Language Fights to Stay Alive (fwd link)

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OJIBWE LANGUAGE FIGHTS TO STAY ALIVE

Story Published: Jun 23, 2009 at 4:57 PM CDT
USA

It's all part of an on–going effort to help keep the language alive as LeAnn
Wallace reports.

For many Native Americans, culture and language are still a big part of their
everyday lives.

"The language is a very important component of the culture, of our existence of
our identity," says Dan Jones, Language Instructor at Fond Du Lac Tribal and
Community College.

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