Why should we care about dying languages? : Cherokee

Name: Why should we care about dying languages? : Cherokee
Uploaded: 2021-04-22T21:20:58Z
Duration: 14 min 50 s
Description: Sara Snyder Hopkins shares her personal transformation from thinking Native American people should assimilate to advocating for preserving Native languages and teaching the endangered Cherokee language. She shares reasons for saving dying languages and ways that non-Native people like herself can help.

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TEDxLakeJunaluska

• March 2021

Sara Snyder Hopkins shares her personal transformation from thinking Native American people should assimilate to advocating for preserving Native languages and teaching the endangered Cherokee language. She shares reasons for saving dying languages and ways that non-Native people like herself can help.

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Why should we care about dying languages? : Cherokee

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