Online archive adds life to rapidly dying aboriginal languages

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Online archive adds life to rapidly dying aboriginal languages

Darah Hansen, Vancouver Sun
Published: Monday, September 08, 2008
Canada

The simple act of pouring water is helping to revitalize first nations languages
in B.C.

The action was one of several captured on film at Vancouver's Trout Lake Park
Wednesday afternoon by Telus technicians working with a crew of first nations
actors.

The video clips of actors silently performing various culturally relevant tasks
- such as pouring water and picking berries - are part of a provincewide
initiative aimed at preserving British Columbia's remaining 32 aboriginal
languages through the creation of an online multi-media archive, called
FirstVoices.ca.

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