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Thinking Indian.(native american language preservation)
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Native American Connections
- Article date:
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January 1, 2002
- Author:
- Benton-Banai, Ed
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Our language is in the past, the past is in our language. The past is alive and well, to some people and situations. But to some folks the past is dead and gone and of no real value except to Historians, Anthropologists, or students needing to write a historical paper which will fulfill a necessary requirement or a needed grade. Some folks could care less, and never give it a thought. That is, until a situation arises or a set of circumstances suddenly makes the past very important.
To the first Nations people, the original Americans, Anishinabe of every tribe, nation, the past is very important and in some cases critically so. To the Western Shoshone people, the past is of ...