Slip of the tongues: language and the unintended consequences of Indigenous policy (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

3 October 2012, 6.51am AEST

*Slip of the tongues: language and the unintended consequences of
Indigenous policy*

Indigenous communities are devastated when languages are lost.

This was the conclusion of the House of Representatives Standing Committee
on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs last month. The committee
members also found that Indigenous language plays a crucial role in
people’s relationships with family, country, kin and culture.

Access full article below:
http://theconversation.edu.au/slip-of-the-tongues-language-and-the-unintended-consequences-of-indigenous-policy-9937


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