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<p class="" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large"><b>At Language Camp, Reclaiming Tradition Is Between Basketball And Lunch</b></p>
<p class="" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Originally published on Fri August 8, 2014 5:57 pm</p><ul class="" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><li class=""><span class="">
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<p class="" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Alaska has become the second state, after Hawaii, to recognize indigenous languages as official state languages. Supporters hope this will help revitalize those languages, many of which have just a handful native speakers left. Casey Kelly of KTOO reports on one such effort: a kids' basketball camp, where drills are combined with Tlingit language lessons.</p>
<p class="" style><font face="georgia, serif">Access full article below: </font></p><div style><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/language-camp-reclaiming-tradition-between-basketball-and-lunch">http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/language-camp-reclaiming-tradition-between-basketball-and-lunch</a></font><br>
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