<font><font face="georgia,serif">Chukchansi language to be preserved with grant<br><br>Monday, May 07, 2012<br>US<br><br>FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Every language contains a world of unique information. In most Native American communities, language is an oral tradition and many times it dies when the tribe's elders die.<br>
<br>One Central California tribe is trying to change that.<br><br>It's said that language is a window to one's culture, family and religion.<br><br>On Monday the native tongue of one of the valley's most treasured tribes will be forever preserved thanks to a $1 million donation from the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians to Fresno State's Department of Linguistics.<br>
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