LAST SPEAKERS OF CANADIAN NATIVE LANGUAGES PASS ON THEIR SPOKEN CULTURE
July 1st, 2012
BY LEAH GERMAIN, IN EDMONTON
WHEN Percy Henry was a young boy, there was no TV or radio for his childhood entertainment. Instead, the resident of Dawson City, Yukon, remembers working at the community's sawmill, where he was rewarded for his hard work with stories told by elders.
This is also how Mr Henry learned to speak Hän, the language of the First Nation groups located in Dawson City and Eagle, Alaska.
Now at 85-years-old, Mr Henry is one of the last speakers of Hän and works with a language revitalization program through the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First ...
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