<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">N.B. Grits propose First Nations language classes</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Last Updated: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 </span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">CBC News</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Liberal Leader Shawn Graham explains his plan to introduce traditional First Nations languages in the province's classrooms. (CBC)The New Brunswick Liberals are proposing that Maliseet and Mi'kmaq languages be taught in the school system.</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
<br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Leading up to the Sept. 27 provincial election, Liberal Leader Shawn Graham made the announcement on Tuesday at the Chief Harold Sappier Memorial Elementary School on the St. Mary's First Nation in Fredericton.</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
<br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Graham said the goal is to develop a curriculum that will have First Nations language training as a part of the school system at every grade in the public system.</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
<br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">"The Mi'kmaq and Maliseet culture and language are an important part of what defines New Brunswick," Graham said in a statement.</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
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