Native American language classes aren't just talk (fwd link)

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PUBLISHED: Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Native American language classes aren't just talk

Heritage is at the heart of the lessons

By Nicole Tuttle
Voice Reporter

Edwin Taylor is a songwriter.

His songs don't make the American Top 40. Instead they have a more useful
purpose: To help keep children of American Indian descent connected with the
language of their heritage.

Taylor, a Walpole Island resident whose Ojibwa name is Kaangaadese, uses songs
he writes as part of a class he teaches in American Indian language Wednesday
nights at Algonac Community Center.

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