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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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I am not surprised, what's so hard about going and finding elders or speakers who speak the proper dialect or language?

Many indigenous languages in the USA among the native tribes have disappeared because they were forced to learn English. The residential school system did that.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system

Many tribes don't have people who are proficient enough to teach the kids who don't speak it anymore. My wife understands some Cree but she can't really speak it. Her mother and grandmother speak it. There's a lot of discrimination against teaching cree and it's usually taught by a white person who may not even know the right dialect.

Chip, I'm not surprised to read something like this.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system
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I am not surprised, what's so hard about going and finding elders or speakers who speak the proper dialect or language?

Many indigenous languages in the USA among the native tribes have disappeared because they were forced to learn English. The residential school system did that.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system

Many tribes don't have people who are proficient enough to teach the kids who don't speak it anymore. My wife understands some Cree but she can't really speak it. Her mother and grandmother speak it. There's a lot of discrimination against teaching cree and it's usually taught by a white person who may not even know the right dialect.

Chip, I'm not surprised to read something like this.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system
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