<font><font face="georgia,serif">Elders share language and culture<br><br>By Cara Brady - Vernon Morning Star<br>Published: March 14, 2012 6:00 AM <br>USA<br><br>The name, Nkm’aplqs isn’ma’ma’ya’tn klsqilxwtet Language and Cultural Immersion School, means “a learning place towards and in the direction of our indigenous Okanagan ways.”<br>
<br>The idea started in 2001 when Bill Cohen, one of the school organizers, was doing a research project and saw how students who learned in their indigenous languages in New Zealand and Hawaii, improved their academic performance.<br>
<br>“The first reaction to the idea of an Okanagan immersion school was that some people were very interested and some thought we were crazy,” he said.<br><br>Access full article below:<br><a href="http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/lifestyles/142616096.html">http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/lifestyles/142616096.html</a><br>
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