Tall Pine driven to preserve the Nipmuc language (fwd link)

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Tall Pine driven to preserve the Nipmuc language

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
By BOB DATZ

Little Turtle predicted great things for Tall Pine.

Now David White is working to make that prediction about himself come true, not
for himself but for the perpetuation of the Nipmuc Indian language.

An electrician by day, the 37-year-old spends many evenings teaching classes
from Springfield to Webster to a willing body of about 50 students, including
some young ones who may be more eager to learn than he was at their age.

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