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Saving Tsuu T'Ina

Band hopes new program can revive language, tradition

BY JAMIE KOMARNICKI, CALGARY HERALD
OCTOBER 11, 2009

Wooden arrows placed onto their bowstrings, a row of spindly-armed youths take
aim at a target in the sky.

The willow sticks, carved by hand over the past few days, drop harmlessly on the
ground.

"One more time," the shooters plead.

The "hoop-and-wheel" game is one of the highlights of a three-day culture camp
put on by the Tsuu T'ina Gunaha program.

About 20 Tsuu T'ina kids have already wandered the woods looking for herbs,
practised beadwork and been taught the art of storytelling.

At night, they've worked on a different skill: learning the hunting ways of
their ancestors. Each task teaches them the traditions of the Tsuu T'ina.

Such lessons serve as a bridge between the young and old -- and provide another
way to impart the Tsuu T'ina language on a small group of children.

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