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| Title | Ojibwe: One of Minnesota’s First Languages Makes a Comeback |
| Body | From http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2010/10/30/one-minnesota%E2%80%99s-first-languages-makes-comeback One of Minnesota’s first languages makes a comeback By Lisa Steinmann October 31, 2010 It was a wild and windy evening, but a crowd of about 60 people turned out for a preview of a documentary about the rescue and revitalization of the Ojibwe language at the Anishinaabe School in Minneapolis on October 26. Many of those in attendance were members of the Ojibwe community who are active in local language education programs. The film, First Speakers: Restoring the Ojibwe Language, is a production of Twin Cities Public Television and will have its debut on November 1 at 8 p.m. on TPT 2. The Ojibwe language is one of the world's imperiled languages. According to program notes for the film, a language is lost every fourteen days. One of the main reasons the Ojibwe language and many other indigenous languages throughout North America have nearly disappeared is rooted in early U.S. policy of assimilating American Indians. At residential schools, whole generations of children were forbidden to speak in any language other than English. The damage to language, culture and family life has been profound. Read the full article at http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2010/10/30/one-minnesota%E2%80%99s-first-languages-makes-comeback You can view the documentary online at http://www.mnvideovault.org/mpml_player_embed.php?vid_id=21088&select_index=0 |
| Source | Twin Cities Daily Planet |
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