Languages dry up like rain puddles on black top under a hot sun.<br>Small puddles vanish first, the bigger ones shrinking fast.<br>The biggest puddles seem enduring - but only by comparison.<br>What worries me is that so many of our own indigenous speakers<br>
just get busy with life without a care in the world <br>because back home grandma still speaks the language.<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>-Richard<br><br><br><br>On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 11:13 PM, Phillip E Cash Cash <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cashcash@email.arizona.edu" target="_blank">cashcash@email.arizona.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><b>First Nations working to keep indigenous languages alive among youth<br></b><br>Created on Tuesday, 06 November 2012 14:43<br>
Amy MacKenzie<br><br>PICTOU LANDING – A recent report says that aboriginal languages are dying. But Sarah Francis, an elder in Pictou Landing First Nation, said the Mi’kmaq language is prevalent there with the most of the seniors and middle-aged residents in the area speaking it fluently. She said for many, like herself, Mi’kmaq is their first language.<br>
<br>But she added she worries that the younger generation isn’t as familiar with the language.<br><br>“It seems to be (dying) in the younger crowd,” she said. “People middle aged and up are OK with it. It’s still their first language.”<br>
<br>Access full article below: <br><a href="http://www.firstperspective.ca/news/2324-first-nations-working-to-keep-indigenous-languages-alive-among-youth" target="_blank">http://www.firstperspective.ca/news/2324-first-nations-working-to-keep-indigenous-languages-alive-among-youth</a>
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