First Speakers: Restoring the Ojibwe Language
Immersion: Part One
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The damaging impact of U.S government-run boarding schools is one of the leading...
The damaging impact of U.S government-run boarding schools is one of the leading causes for the steep decline in the use of the language. That damage is still felt by elders today. If the boarding schools of old are the past, then Ojibwe immersion programs like Niigaane School are the future.
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First Speakers: Restoring the Ojibwe Language
Immersion: Part One
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The damaging impact of U.S government-run boarding schools is one of the leading causes for the steep decline in the use of the language. That damage is still felt by elders today. If the boarding schools of old are the past, then Ojibwe immersion programs like Niigaane School are the future.
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