Mohawk language goes country (fwd link)

[Earl Otchingwanigan]

Appreciate the good post ----a great and exciting idea as it may help inspire young people to further invest interest in their language using music whether traditional or via loan music and non-traditional instruments, besides it's just plain fun stuff to do ---- but it should be noted though, various native people have been doing this very same thing for sometime, including myself ---- I have for some 25 or 30 years now, been using my native language in jazz and pop genre performing with a non-traditional musical instrument.  Cheers, Earl Otchingwanigan
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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.

  Access full article below:
  http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1045097<http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1045097>
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