Reclaiming Our Territory, Word by Word. Grassroots Language Teaching by Patricia Ningewance

Mazinaate inc. Paperback. 198 pages.

This book of lesson plans is designed to help anyone who is fluent to teach family and friends to learn oral language in an informal setting. A person does not have to know the grammar of his/her language nor be literate in it. All he or she will need is a large room with a big table, chairs, hard paper, markers and food brought together. This book is a start.

Fluent Indigenous Language speakers may be gone in 20 years or less so we must teach the language to the next generation. The young people are learning their languages to gain a sense of identity and a slink to their family and community. Our languages contain our unique worldview and our connection to the earth. Our languages must survive.