Some native languages in danger of disappearing (fwd link)

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Some native languages in danger of disappearing

Written by Caroline Zentner LETHBRIDGE HERALD
Friday, 27 March 2009
Canada

Parents have the power but they may not know it.

Andrea Bear Nicholas hopes to light the fires of change with both her knowledge
and passion for indigenous education. She was in Lethbridge to deliver a
keynote speech at the Taking Action for Indigenous Languages symposium held at
the University of Lethbridge Friday and today.

Bear Nicholas, chair of native studies at the St. Thomas University in New
Brunswick and a member of the Maliseet First Nation, is credited with
developing the first university-based native language immersion teacher
training program in Canada.

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