<font><font face="georgia,serif">APRIL 1-7, 2012 PROCLAIMED HERITAGE LANGUAGE AWARENESS WEEK<br><br>March 27, 2012 Tuesday AM<br>USA<br><br>(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - Ketchikan Indian Community Tribal Council is proclaiming April 1-7, 2012 Heritage Language Awareness Week. It is estimated that only 175 Native languages remain in the United States, three of which are languages indigenous to the Ketchikan area: Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian also known as Lingít, Xaad Kíl, and Shmalgyax. <br>
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