Maintaining Indigenous languages: revering a distant past or contributing to a better future? (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Maintaining Indigenous languages: revering a distant past or
contributing to a better future?

FULLY (SIC) | NOV 01, 2012 5:04PM
AUS

Special guest Dr. Bill Fogarty argues that Indigenous language
maintenance and education is not about reverence for some distant past
for esoteric reasons. Rather it is an important asset that can play a
role both in developing a future for Indigenous communities and in
benefiting the socio-economic fabric of the Australian Nation.

Access full blog article below:
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2012/11/01/maintaining-indigenous-languages-revering-a-distant-past-or-contributing-to-a-better-future/