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Controversies Around Endangered Indigenous Languages in the Canadian Arctic

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Name: canadianarcticindigenouslanguages.pdf
Title: canadianarcticindigenouslanguages.pdf
Author: Doris Friedrich
Publisher: The Arctic Institute
Language: English
Publish Year: 2021
Publish Location: USA
File uploaded by: Adam Hinden

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This paper discusses the effectiveness of the 2019 Canadian Indigenous Languages Act in preserving and revitalizing Arctic languages. Although large strides were taken to bring attention to Arctic language endangerment in Canada through the act, many First Nations officials believed it to be colonial in nature, and not far-reaching enough.