Fighting for another culture's survival (fwd link)

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Fighting for another culture's survival

By MINDELLE JACOBS, EDMONTON SUN
Last Updated: February 25, 2011 11:00am

Have you heard the one about the Scotsman who learned Cree so he could
help compile and publish the most comprehensive Cree dictionary in
Canada?

OK, so Earle Waugh was born in Saskatchewan, not Scotland.

But with a name like Waugh, there's more than a wee dram of
"nefarious" Scottish blood in him, he jokes.

For someone with a one-syllable last name, however, it'll probably
take a little while for Waugh to get used to his new moniker --
Pewapiskimostos, or Iron Bull.

The Cree community recently honoured Waugh, the director of the U of
A's Centre for Cross-Cultural Health, in an aboriginal naming ceremony
for his longtime work promoting the Cree culture and language.

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