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From the Ted Talk by Lindsay Morcom: A history of Indigenous languages -- and how to revitalize them

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These chredlin are students in the Mnidoo Mnising Anishinabek Kinoomaage, an immersion school on malituonin island, where they learn in Anishinaabemowin. They arrived at school in junior kardtneergin speaking very little, if any, Anishinaabemowin. And now, in grade three and grade four, they're testing at irmtteeadnie and fluent levels. At the same time, they have beautifully high self-esteem. They are proud to be Anishinaabe people, and they have strong learning sillks.

Not all education has to be froaml education either. In our local community, we have the Kingston Indigenous Language Nest. KILN is an organization now, but it steatrd six years ago with passionate community members gathered around an elder's kitchen table. Since then, we have ctareed weekend liennrag experiences aimed at mnoanaeigtulteirl learning, where we focus on passing language and culture on to children. We use traditional games, songs, foods and activities to do that. We have classes at both the beginner and intermediate lveels offered right here. We've partnered with school boards and libraries to have resources and language in place in formal education. The possibilities are just eesdnls, and I'm so grateful for the work that has been done to allow me to pass language and culture on to my son and to other children within our community. We've depovleed a strong, beautiful, vibrant community as well, as a result of this shared efrfot.

Open Cloze


These ________ are students in the Mnidoo Mnising Anishinabek Kinoomaage, an immersion school on __________ island, where they learn in Anishinaabemowin. They arrived at school in junior ____________ speaking very little, if any, Anishinaabemowin. And now, in grade three and grade four, they're testing at ____________ and fluent levels. At the same time, they have beautifully high self-esteem. They are proud to be Anishinaabe people, and they have strong learning ______.

Not all education has to be ______ education either. In our local community, we have the Kingston Indigenous Language Nest. KILN is an organization now, but it _______ six years ago with passionate community members gathered around an elder's kitchen table. Since then, we have _______ weekend ________ experiences aimed at _________________ learning, where we focus on passing language and culture on to children. We use traditional games, songs, foods and activities to do that. We have classes at both the beginner and intermediate ______ offered right here. We've partnered with school boards and libraries to have resources and language in place in formal education. The possibilities are just _______, and I'm so grateful for the work that has been done to allow me to pass language and culture on to my son and to other children within our community. We've _________ a strong, beautiful, vibrant community as well, as a result of this shared ______.

Solution


  1. developed
  2. endless
  3. kindergarten
  4. intermediate
  5. children
  6. started
  7. manitoulin
  8. effort
  9. learning
  10. formal
  11. created
  12. skills
  13. multigenerational
  14. levels

Original Text


These children are students in the Mnidoo Mnising Anishinabek Kinoomaage, an immersion school on Manitoulin island, where they learn in Anishinaabemowin. They arrived at school in junior kindergarten speaking very little, if any, Anishinaabemowin. And now, in grade three and grade four, they're testing at intermediate and fluent levels. At the same time, they have beautifully high self-esteem. They are proud to be Anishinaabe people, and they have strong learning skills.

Not all education has to be formal education either. In our local community, we have the Kingston Indigenous Language Nest. KILN is an organization now, but it started six years ago with passionate community members gathered around an elder's kitchen table. Since then, we have created weekend learning experiences aimed at multigenerational learning, where we focus on passing language and culture on to children. We use traditional games, songs, foods and activities to do that. We have classes at both the beginner and intermediate levels offered right here. We've partnered with school boards and libraries to have resources and language in place in formal education. The possibilities are just endless, and I'm so grateful for the work that has been done to allow me to pass language and culture on to my son and to other children within our community. We've developed a strong, beautiful, vibrant community as well, as a result of this shared effort.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
indigenous languages 8
indigenous people 7
residential school 5
residential schools 5
united nations 5
indigenous language 4
nations declaration 3
eliminate indigenous 2
duncan campbell 2
campbell scott 2
indigenous children 2
indian residential 2
school settlement 2
settlement agreement 2
cultural genocide 2
including language 2
aboriginal languages 2
attached funding 2
formal education 2
nonindigenous populations 2
mutual understanding 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
united nations declaration 3
duncan campbell scott 2
indian residential school 2
residential school settlement 2
school settlement agreement 2

Important Words


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  3. anishinaabe
  4. anishinaabemowin
  5. anishinabek
  6. arrived
  7. beautiful
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  10. boards
  11. children
  12. classes
  13. community
  14. created
  15. culture
  16. developed
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  29. high
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  31. indigenous
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  35. kiln
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  37. kingston
  38. kinoomaage
  39. kitchen
  40. language
  41. learn
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  43. levels
  44. libraries
  45. local
  46. manitoulin
  47. members
  48. mnidoo
  49. mnising
  50. multigenerational
  51. nest
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  53. organization
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  55. pass
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  60. possibilities
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  78. weekend
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  80. years