Papers of the ... Algonquian Conference, Volume 22Carleton University, 1991 - Algonquian Indians |
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... Language Today there are at most some 30 Sauk speakers left , none younger than 56 years of age . The majority of these people are between 65 and 90 years in age so that in the next 20 to 30 years the language may well be extinct ...
... Language Today there are at most some 30 Sauk speakers left , none younger than 56 years of age . The majority of these people are between 65 and 90 years in age so that in the next 20 to 30 years the language may well be extinct ...
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... language . But the Annual Governing Council did not approve the sum and the issue was tabled until the next meeting . Even if they had approved it there would have been no conception in the absence of any kind of proposal of how to ...
... language . But the Annual Governing Council did not approve the sum and the issue was tabled until the next meeting . Even if they had approved it there would have been no conception in the absence of any kind of proposal of how to ...
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... Language is the crucial and most effective means of transmitting cultural values , and often times , we feel " our language " is so vital that it borders on the domain of ' sacredness ' . Consequently , not being able to understand the ...
... Language is the crucial and most effective means of transmitting cultural values , and often times , we feel " our language " is so vital that it borders on the domain of ' sacredness ' . Consequently , not being able to understand the ...
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