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Feature Stories - Aboriginal, and Native Peoples Languages -------------- Kanesatake leader optimistic that new language project will help unite Mohawk community ------------- A Scrabble Tournament to Save the Dakota language -------------- Preserving the Mohawk language Interactive Mohawk Language Software the First-Ever Mohawk Immersion Software ------------- Province provides $1 Million in additional funding to preserve Aboriginal languages in BC ------------- The importance of maintaining Native languages ------------- Technology revitalizes Native languages handheld electronic translation device designed by a former Navy Seal - Note this is a .pdf file ------------- Imagine hearing Amazing Grace sung in seven Native American languages at the same church service ------------- $160 Million is not enough says the Task Force on Aboriginal Languages and Cultures ------------- Plans for Renaissance of Kwakwaka’wakw language ------------- Gathering Helps Revive Chinook Language 7th annual Chinook Jargon Workshop or Chinuk Lu'lu -------------- The winners of the 2005 Nunavut Language Awards -------------- Giving The Gift of Language Native Language Acquisition -------------- Study evaluates new model for reviving endangered languages -------------- Native languages writers festival 2005 -------------- Groundbreaking linguistics course at U. of T. -------------- PERSPECTIVE Indigenizing Education through Language and Culture -------------- Aboriginal Language Conference -Words for Our Future no show by federal /Quebec government officials -------------- The Sweetgrass Language Conference 2004 -------------- Wakpala School hopes to keep Lakota language alive -------------- World Council of Churches calls for an International Year of Indigenous Languages in 2006 ------------- Revitalization of the Mohawk language ------------- Promoting the Michif Language in Ontario ------------- Metis Nation Continues Efforts to Revive its Unique Language - Michif ------------- Members of Task Force on Aboriginal Languages and Cultures to report findings in 2004 ------------- Support for language preservation Red Cedar Bridge Fundraising Gala /Art Auction -------------- Aboriginal langauges of Manitoba receive financial boost -------------- First Nation woman no longer has to hide her Hul'qumi'num language -------------- First Peoples' Cultural Foundation gets $774,500 -------------- Local language preservation project has global significance -------------- One Land Many Voices -------------- Publishing breakthrough helps to revitalize Aboriginal languages ------------- Proposed amendments to the Native American Languages Act ------------- Decline in Aboriginal languages as mother tongue ------------- Metis speak out against federal govt's Aboriginal languages plan ------------- Award for Working to Preserve Aboriginal Languages in BC ------------- Preserving the language and culture of the Inuit ------------- Tsuu T'ina First Nation uses technology to help preserve its endangered language ------------- Musqueam language revival ------------- Struggle to save Native languages in BC ------------- More about First Nations in British Columbia ------------- Half of world's languages are threatened ------------- Elder is translating bible into Cree ------------- Kwakwaka'wakw nations launch major project to save Kwak'wala language ------------- Aboriginal Language Planning - a Guide for Community Activists -------------- Inuit language being preserved & enhanced -------------- A Celebration of Aboriginal Languages -------------- Aboriginal Languages Day Celebration ------------- More about Aboriginal Languages in BC? ------------- Aboriginal Languages Since Time Immemorial ------------- Aboriginal Languages Initiative -------------- Aboriginal Language Program Handbook -------------- ENDANGERED LANGUAGES Word .doc file Call for proposals Aboriginal languages initiative -------------- Computer-based language support .pdf file --------------

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