Bringing Aboriginal culture to the classroom (fwd link)

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*Bringing Aboriginal culture to the classroom*
By: Heidi Ulrichsen - Sudbury Northern Life
Dec 23, 2013 - 2:35 PM

*Board tackling First Nations' kids achievement gaps*

For Katelyn Moore, learning Ojibwe is something that brings to mind family.

The Grade 7 Lansdowne Public School student has Cree roots. She grew up
hearing her grandparents speaking the language, although she didn't
understand what they were saying.

But 12-year-old Moore said to her ear, the two Aboriginal languages are
similar.


“It kind of feels like home, when I speak like that,” she said.


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