Language Preservation Efforts Spark Interest in Ojibwe (fwd link)

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Language Preservation Efforts Spark Interest in OjibweBy Kathryn McConnell
| Staff Writer | 17 October 2012
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Brenda Child manages the online Ojibwe People’s Dictionary.

Washington — Like many indigenous languages, Ojibwe is endangered. But some
Americans are working to preserve the language and encourage people to
learn it.

BRENDA CHILD

An associate professor of American studies at the University of Minnesota
in Minneapolis, Brenda Child manages the online Ojibwe People’s Dictionary.
The interactive resource combines about 30,000 Ojibwe vocabulary entries
with 60,000 clips of Ojibwe elders saying words, sentences and paragraphs
in their native language. Child is a member of the Red Lake band of Ojibwe
of northern Minnesota and grew up hearing the native language spoken in her
home.



Read more:
http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2012/10/20121015137502.html?CP.rss=true#ixzz29f5COqvr

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