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UNESCO Officially Launches International Decade of Indigenous Languages</h2>
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December 13, 2022, was the official launch of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2023 in Paris, organized by UNESCO. The official launching of the Decade comes with the mandate of having a global call for action and raising awareness about
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Planting Seeds That Bloom into New Np̍oq͗ínišcn Speakers</h2>
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Amidst the strength and power of the Columbia and Spokane Rivers in the ancestral territories of the Spokane Tribe, there is a group of language warriors with the dream of keeping their languages alive. They run the Language House of Spokane using an immersion
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