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<DIV>I grew up in one of these Alaskan villages where we have our own English
dialect. Now, as a descriptive linguist myself, I understand what Professor
Stone is doing. But her research and publication about it in the biggest
newspaper in Alaska does not impact us Native people well. It comes across as
yet one more way in which the dominant culture views us as odd, different, not
measuring up to some outside standard. My relatives and other Native people have
suffered greatly in Alaska from discrimination against us, including when we
speak village English. One of my uncles was not even allowed to eat in one of
the Anchorage restaurants, because he was from a Native village, even though he
served in the U.S. Army.</DIV>
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<DIV>Wayne Leman</DIV>
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