Maintaining culture a priority; Native language teacher for students (fwd link)

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Maintaining culture a priority; Native language teacher for students
Posted By ANTHONY DIXON

The Algonquins of Pikwakanagan are hoping to extend their partnership with both
the Renfrew County Catholic District School Board and the Renfrew County
District School Board.

Over the past 10 years, the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan, the Catholic board and
the public school board, through a tuition agreement, have inconsistently
employed a native language teacher.

However, in the last couple of years, the elementary native language program at
St. James Catholic School and Eganville and District Public School has been
helping ensure that a new generation of aboriginal students know who they are,
where they've come from and have an opportunity to retain their Algonquin
language. The three partners want to see the program continue and are looking
at doing just that.

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