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Toronto Schools Promote Multicultural Teaching and Learning

Vincent Schilling
May 23, 2011
In 2006, the ambitious Model Schools for Inner Cities program (MSIC) was implemented by the Toronto District School Board (TDSB)...

Language Preservationists in Oklahoma Scramble to Revive Endangered Tribal Tongues

S.E. Ruckman
May 17, 2011
By the time Osage toddlers learn to speak, their first words are in English. It was not always this way, of course...

Working Group Says Dakota and Ojibwe Language Survival is Questionable

ICTMN Staff
May 09, 2011
In 2009, the Minnesota State Legislature established a volunteer working group to “develop a unified strategy to revitalize and preserve indigenous languages of the 11 federally re...

Wes Studi Talks to Maria Hinojosa

ICTMN Staff
May 01, 2011
Wes Studi—the Cherokee actor and activist most famous for his roles in Last of the Mohicans , Dances with Wolves and Avatar —recently sat down with Maria Hinojosa, who jumps right ...

Language Symposium Focuses on Preservation and Features Wes Studi

ICTMN Staff
April 29, 2011
“Weaving Indigenous Language Through Family, Education & Community” is the theme for the sixth Minnesota Indigenous Language Symposium , which will focus on programs working to...

Ojibwe Language Quiz Bowl Winners

ICTMN Staff
April 27, 2011
The second place University of Minnesota team included Persia Erdich, Sam Quincy, Janelle White, and Larissa Littlewolf. The teacher in the front is Dennis Jones...

Aboriginal Languages Initiative Gives Out $5 Million Annually

Brenda Austin
April 21, 2011
In order to support the preservation and revitalization of aboriginal languages in Canada, the Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI) was implemented in 1998 through the Department ...

A Friendly Competition in Ojibwemowin

Konnie LeMay
April 15, 2011
Two team members from the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota, listened during the 2010 Ojibwe Language Quiz Bowl...

UMass Amherst Linguist Recognized for Preserving Native American Languages

ICTMN Staff
April 09, 2011
Margaret “Peggy” Speas, professor of linguistics, was recently nominated by her peers as a University of Massachusetts Amherst Spotlight Scholar for her 20-plus years of work to pr...

Competitiveness and Culture at the University of Oklahoma Language Fair

S.E. Ruckman
April 08, 2011
OU Language Fair Coordinator Mary Linn and Brooke and Dale Shackleford, Chickasaw participants It’s hard to say whether the younger or the older students were sharper at the Ninth ...

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