01 May Native languages in peril: report (The Vancouver Sun)
First Nations languages in British Columbia are in deep trouble and most will be lost within six years if immediate steps aren’t taken to improve language education, says a new report. The grim assessment was made at a conference Friday by the First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council. The Crown corporation was created in 1990 to help First Nations revitalize their languages and arts. “If we just let it go on as it has been, within five or six years most of the languages in B.C. will have no fluent speakers left,” said researcher Hannah Amrhein… go to article