People of Nunavut fight to save Inuktitut language (fwd link)

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People of Nunavut fight to save Inuktitut language
Sara Minogue, For Canwest News Service
Published: Sunday, January 20, 2008

IQALUIT, Nunavut -- The Ecole des Trois Soleils sits atop a large hill with a
commanding view of Frobisher Bay. The red and yellow striped building opened in
2001.

About 50 young francophones between the ages of 5 and 14 come to classes here to
be educated in their mother tongue, in spacious classrooms of about 15 students
each.

That the school exists in a community of 6,000, in a territory where fewer than
450 people have French as their first language, is remarkable.

"And it's only there because of the fact that there's legislation. It would be
ideal if we were in that situation," says Terry Audla.

As executive director of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association, representing Inuit in
the Baffin region, Audla is hoping that new language legislation will give
Nunavut the power to establish Inuktitut-language education throughout the
territory.

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