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- Native Now Language
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Native American languages are at a critical juncture. With most fluent speakers older than 50, many languages are on the brink of extinction.
On this site, three tribes at different stages of revitalization talk about their innovative efforts to revive their languages: the Cherokee with fewer than 8,000 speakers, the Absentee-Shawnee with around 100, and the Nipmuc with fewer than ten.
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- Language Overview Interviewees
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Ellen Lutz, Cultural Survival
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Harry Oosahwee, Cherokee
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David White, Nipmuc
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George Blanchard, Shawnee
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- Language in We Shall Remain
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Coming in April:
Links to language scenes from the seriesWatch Now: Preview Film: Language
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- Cherokee Language
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The Cherokee Nation, the largest of three federally recognized Cherokee tribes, numbers more than 284,000 citizens. view clips
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- Shawnee Language
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In 2008, the tribe's funding priorities shifted, and Shawnee language classes were cancelled. view clips
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- Nipmuc Language
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Today, fewer than ten people speak the Algonquian dialect spoken by the Nipmuc people. view clips
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