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HARP-295 |
| Title: |
Is the Language Tide Turning in Canada? |
| Source: |
Cultural Survival Quarterly, Issue 17.2 http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/csq/print/article_print.cfm?id=00000338-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 |
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| Year: |
1993 |
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0 |
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Canada, culture, economic, social, and cultural rights, human rights, language, civil and political rights, indigenous people, education, First Nations, linguistic rights, minority rights, self-determination |
| Abstract: |
The state of a language can tell you much about its culture and people. Equally, the struggle to save a language forms an important part of the struggle for cultural survival. In the past 20 years, Canada’s First Nations have become increasingly aware of this connection. Fifty of the fifty-three Aboriginal languages spoken in Canada are considered declining or endangered, and at least a dozen are on the brink of extinction. Yet the tide may be turning as more and more Aboriginal communities and organizations adopt language policies and programs. Their demands for recognition may soon occupy the national stage in a country with a painfully developed sensitivity toward linguistic rights. |
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Keywords: Canada, civil and political rights, cultural rights, culture, economic, education, First Nations, human rights, indigenous people, language, linguistic rights, minority rights, self-determination, social
