Students Getting Paid To Learn Native Indian Language (fwd)

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Students Getting Paid To Learn Native Indian Language

Oneida, N.Y.  --
http://www.myfoxny.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=2064239&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

For a handful of students in central New York, reviving an American
Indian language is a full-time job.

Eight people are being paid to spend 40 hours a week learning their
native Oneida language. It's part of an effort to eventually have all
1,200 members of the Oneida Indian Nation speak the language fluently.

Students in the two-year program are paid to learn the language and pass
it on to their family and friends. The program is only open to Nation
members.

Instructor Sheri Beglen says the Oneida alphabet is made up of eight
consonants and six vowels.

Beglen is hoping to eventually get at least 30 teachers so the language
can be taught with several classes.

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