AS TRIBAL SPEAKERS DWINDLE, A RUSH TO TEACH THEIR WORDS NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES AT RISK

From: The Boston Globe | Date: May 31, 2005| Author: Tom Nugent Globe Correspondent | Copyright information

MT. PLEASANT, Mich. - After 10 years of teaching Ojibwe 101 to students at Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College, language instructor George Roy says he's more determined than ever to prevent the language of his Native American ancestors from vanishing into history.

"The first thing I tell my students at the beginning of each semester is that we're fighting a battle to hold onto our own cultural identity," said the 58-year-old Roy, a member of Michigan's Ottawa tribe. "Language is the glue...

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