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"I Found My Talk": Native Language Revival in the U.S. and Canada

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ClassGraphic Indigenous languages were in danger of disappearing last century and likely would have if the efforts of the white majority in the U.S. and Canada had achieved their stated goal to fully assimilate the native population. One of the ways indigenous peoples have resisted, survived, and try to thrive today has been their determination to bring back and pass along to future generations their spoken and now written first languages. Explore this amazing feat, first by going back into the boarding and residential schools and tracing the path from near extinction to an ever-growing vitality among native peoples. We will dip into multiple examples of these complex languages, written in poetry  and prose, heard in song, some with English translations. The goal is not to learn a new language, but to understand, appreciate, and applaud the native-led efforts and successes to protect and preserve theirs.
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Class Details

6 Session(s)
Weekly - Mon

Location
OLLI

Instructor
Judith Gamble 

Tuition: 

$55.00

Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s) Instructional Method
4/1/2024 - 5/6/2024 Weekly - Mon 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM Kingston, OLLI  Map Judith Gamble  ClassRoom

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