Chukchansi language to be preserved with grant (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Chukchansi language to be preserved with grant

Monday, May 07, 2012
US

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Every language contains a world of unique
information. In most Native American communities, language is an oral
tradition and many times it dies when the tribe's elders die.

One Central California tribe is trying to change that.

It's said that language is a window to one's culture, family and religion.

On Monday the native tongue of one of the valley's most treasured tribes
will be forever preserved thanks to a $1 million donation from the Picayune
Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians to Fresno State's Department of
Linguistics.

Access full article below:
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=8651621
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