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'Learning language makes us stronger'
PRESERVING A LANGUAGE

Posted By SHARON WEATHERALL
Posted 3 days ago
Canada

Gloria King is a warrior in the battle to preserve First Nation languages.

Anishinaabemowin -- the Ojibwa language -- is part of life for the Christian
Island woman, who upgraded during three years of native language courses at
Lakehead University in the 1990s so she could share her culture with others.

Having learned to read and write the words which were at one time only spoken,
King now teaches language camps, high school courses and sits on the Elders
Advisory Board at the Simcoe County District Board of Education, along with
representatives from each First Nation community in the region.

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