http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/story\/2012\/10\/24\/census-first-nations-languages.html<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
This article deals with the slow desecration and death of many traditional Canadian First Nation languages.\u00a0 Canada once house over 70 distinct languages, but according to the latest census only 60 still exist and of those, only 3 remain strong.\u00a0 This is very true.\u00a0 In my district, Carrier is till spoken and understood, but it is hard to find instructors to teach and maintain the language. \u00a0This seems somewhat common across Canada.<\/p>\n
The Mohawk language is another one which is barely hanging on, but a program has taken steps to re-teach to young students to speak it.\u00a0 Residential schools played a large part in the destruction of language.\u00a0 It is well documented that students who spoke their native tongue were beaten or worse.\u00a0 Unfortunately, knowledge of culture is passed through generations through language.\u00a0 If the language dies, the culture and knowledge will follow.\u00a0 It is a lose-lose situation for communities when language dies.<\/p>\n
The bleakest area is British Columbia, where over half of the First Nation languages call home.\u00a0 Only 1 in 20 First Nation persons is fluent in their language and most of those are elders.\u00a0 Young people are not picking up the language as much as is needed for survival.\u00a0 There is a push to rectify that situation.\u00a0 More can speak the Native tongue in comparison to 2006, but the language is still in danger.<\/p>\n
Racist beliefs (many left over from Residential School ideology) have lead some First Nations to believe they are somehow \u2018more\u2019 Canadian if they don\u2019t speak their Native tongue.\u00a0 In addition, a lack of opportunity hurts the language.\u00a0 Some believe outside of teaching, what is the point of getting a second, albeit, their first language.\u00a0\u00a0 Moreover, only NWT recognizes some Aboriginal languages as official languages.<\/p>\n
This is great article, albeit not very scholarly, to demonstrate the re-emergence of cultural ideas and language in First Nation communities.\u00a0 If I were to use it in a final project, I would focus on how Aboriginal language is used in curriculum.<\/p>\n
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