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Giving Aboriginal Students Words of Their Own

More than a village, it takes a living language to educate a child.
Aboriginal educators say BC's government is letting endangered tongues
die. Latest in a series on successful First Nations education.

By Katie Hyslop, Today, TheTyee.ca

Editor's note: Kids of First Nations or Aboriginal heritage constitute
British Columbia's fastest-growing demographic. They also face the
worst odds in life of anyone in the province: barely a 50 per cent
chance of graduating high school, and far better than average chance
of struggling for employment, with addiction or imprisonment. Earlier
episodes in this series produced by Tyee Solutions Society found that
independent and public schools which put First Nations culture at the
heart of their activity, achieve inspiring success. In this
installment, Katie Hyslop reports on the battle some Aboriginal groups
are fighting to keep the languages of those cultures alive.

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