Mohawk language goes country (fwd link)

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Mohawk language goes country

Ontario, CA
Posted By Michael Peeling

The Mohawk language is making its mark on country music.

Margaret Peters, a language curriculum specialist with the Ahkwesahsne Mohawk
Board of Education, has taken her efforts to keep the Mohawk language alive to
another level by directing her students through the process of creating a music
video.

The choice of song, "Jackson" by Johnny and June Carter-Cash, was inspired by
Teddy Peters', Margaret's husband, and his hobby of translating country songs
into Mohawk.

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