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Learning the language of the ancestors

by KIM HOLCOMB / Evening Magazine

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Posted on March 19, 2010 at 6:24 PM

Most schools require students to take a foreign language. But what about a native language?

An elementary school in Tulalip is teaching kids the words of their ancestors before they disappear forever.

To learn more about the Tulalip Tribes, log on to http://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/home.aspx.

To try out their language, Lushootseed, go to http://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Home/Lushootseed.aspx.

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paranoid2 said on March 20, 2010 at 8:18 PM

yea let's keep america bi lingual and nobody will ever figure out what in the h[[[[ is going on

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aziza said on March 20, 2010 at 6:19 PM

Fantastic! This is an important culture of this region! These native languages should be kept alive.

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