Language Makes us strong
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- Big idea:“Our languages have been a reflection of those cultural distinctions that have made us who we are as a people and in a sense have been the element of the many things that have made us strong
- Intanishinabemowin niin awind oma biiting”(We speak Saulteaux in this house)
- Pass the salt and pepper
- Anthropologist
- Big Idea:Anthropologists and elders record and convey different information
- Elder
- English, English, English....
- Dialogue on Native Languages
- Why is everyone speaking English?
- I also think we should not rely solely on academics to do the linguistic work that needs to be done such as writing grammars and developing dictionaries. I also do not doubt that a person can learn Anishinabemowin words from a dictionary, but I do not believe the spirit of the language can be learned in this way.
- if we lose our languages, we do not merely lose a lexicon of words but we lose our culture and essence of who we are
- Big Idea:The way one speaks is also connected to the way one thinks...If your children are not permitted to learn and grow within their language then they will become indifferent. They will become incapable of knowing themselves and understanding about becoming.
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