Preserving and Restoring the Ojibwe Language: First Speakers | Full Documentary

How do you save a language? Native languages are swiftly being lost as elders in the community begin to pass away. The Ojibwe community is working hard to preserve the language before it's lost and restore it by teaching it to a younger generation.

00:00 Our most valuable treasure is our language
02:07 A language dies every 14 days
03:35 1,000 speakers of Ojibwe are left in the United States
04:54 Hope for the future of the Ojibwe language and culture
05:21 Why save this language?
06:00 The Indigenous languages of the place we live
07:20 Dr. Anton Treuer and the Ojibwe language
17:17 Elders and the trauma of boarding schools
19:41 The future of Native education
33:32 The struggles of Ojibwe immersion schools
37:32 The Specialness of Red Lake Reservation and Ponemah
46:35 Language and culture are inter-related
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