Room for optimism comes from language revitalization in New Zealand. They have been able to have Maori more regularly included in daily rituals (answering the phone and signing off emails), and the goal is to increase language proficiency by 2040, such that 20% of the population can speak the language. Some of the ways the country is helping with this is implementing the language into its schools and having it supported very openly by the country’s Prime Minister. The national radio broadcaster also has a morning show host who presents information in Maori first before doing the same in English. These steps to make the language more public have helped some Indigenous New Zealanders deal with discrimination and stigmas. There is still some pushback, but this seems to be a step in the right direction and some motivation for us that the Coast Salish languages can and will be revitalized.
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