Aboriginal languages in deep trouble, but some rescue efforts paying off (fwd link)

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*Aboriginal languages in deep trouble, but some rescue efforts paying off*

COLIN PERKEL
TYENDINAGA FIRST NATION, Ont. — The Canadian Press
Published Wednesday, Oct. 24 2012, 9:15 AM EDT

In a way, the chattering half-dozen First Nations youngsters are learning
their mother tongue for the first time – and the future of the once-mighty
Mohawk language is hanging in the balance.

The students are a critical component of a language-revitalization program
at the Tsi Tyonnheht Onkawenna Language and Cultural Centre in Tyendinaga
First Nation that hopes to breathe new life into the community’s original
identity, one small voice at a time.

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