Teaching aboriginal languages key to restoring pride, say residential school survivors (fwd link)

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Teaching aboriginal languages key to restoring pride, say residential
school survivors

September 28, 2011
LOUISE BROWN
EDUCATION REPORTER
Canada

Canada must fund native language and culture programs to help rebuild
the sense of identity it destroyed through residential schools, said
members of the aboriginal community Wednesday at Queen’s Park during a
panel discussion at which several survivors broke down in tears.

“Where is the funding for language programs? Where is the funding for
our at-risk youth? Where is the funding that says it’s okay to be who
we are?” asked an emotional Kahsenniyo Wilson, a community organizer
from Six Nations and one of several panellists asked to discuss how
Canada can come to grips with abuses committed in residential schools.

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