Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Jacob Feenstra, Summer Institute of Linguistics
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File contains a presentation by Jacob Feenstra of the Summer Institute of Linguistics. He discusses his perspectives on Aboriginal languages in Canada. Feenstra is a Dutch (Friesien) student who works in the NWT, and draws parallels to minority language situations in Europe and Canada. He discusses his work preparing a Dogrib dictionary, and shares his ideas on language promotion and usage. Following his presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss some of the issues raised with him.