<font><font face="georgia,serif">Alderville First Nations to learn native language<br><br>By VALERIE MACDONALD Northumberland Today<br>Canada<br><br>ALDERVILLE — Few people speak the Ojibway language in Alderville First Nation but more will get a chance to learn with new federal funding to expand existing classes for adults and children.<br>
<br>During a media conference Thursday when Northumberland-Quinte West local MP Rick Norlock announced the $24,652 grant, Alderville First Nation Chief Jim Bob Marsden recalled being told his grandfather hadn’t been allowed to speak their native tongue for fear of being sent away to a residential school.<br>
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