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First Aboriginal language course teaches Secwepemctsín</h1><div class="post_meta" style="border:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:0.8em;margin:0px;padding:0.3em 0px 0.4em;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(102,102,102);text-transform:uppercase;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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The university is offering its first Aboriginal language course taught on campus.</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:justify;line-height:1.6em">
The first class in Secwepemctsín, the language of the local Secwepemc nation, will take place Jan. 21 at 5 p.m. in AE 100. It’s being taught by Janice Billy, a fluent speaker teaching the language at the Little Fawn Nursery and at the Skl’ep School of Excellence.</p>
<p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-align:justify;line-height:1.6em">“It’s timely,” said Jack Miller of TRU’s school of education. “First Nations language and culture is important to the university, so that’s why it’s being offered.”</p>
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