The Government of Canada Provides Funding for Aboriginal Languages (fwd link)

Fri Apr 24 23:29:38 UTC 2009

Apr 24, 2009 10:03 ET

The Government of Canada Provides Funding for Aboriginal Languages

BRANTFORD, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 24, 2009) - On behalf of the Honourable
James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, Phil
McColeman, Member of Parliament (Brant), today announced funding for Sweetgrass
First Nations Language Council, an organization that promotes Aboriginal
languages across Ontario.

The funding will enable Sweetgrass to undertake seven short-term projects,
including the design and development of a website to serve Aboriginal-language
communities in Ontario, the documentation of the last fluent speakers of Lenni
Lenape/Delaware language, Cayuga language resource mapping at Woodland Cultural
Centre, the documentation of hunting and gathering practices in the Oneida
language, and research into Anishinaabek, Mushkegowuk, and Onkwehonwe
languages.

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