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Tribe develops language immersion program

Published: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 5:31 AM EST
By Lynn Fischer
Sun Special Writer
USA

The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe is revitalizing their native
language within their community.

In hopes of preserving the Anishinaabe language, the tribe has
developed a new language immersion program from the ground up.

Rhonda Hopkins, Anishinaabe Language Revitalization Department
Director for the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, grew up speaking this
indigenous language.

I didnt learn English until I was 6 years old, Hopkins said. She was
raised on an Indian reservation on Manitoulin Island in Ontario,
Canada.

Hopkins said the language is in danger and revitalization is necessary.

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