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Languages can sleep. When Tiffany was born, only twelve people were known to speak her mother tongue – Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim. She would grow up to be a keeper of that language, and a dedicated language and cultural revivalist of the W̱SÁNEĆ people. Learning how to fill that role was a balancing act in navigating her traditional and modern education. You can't always do things the way they have been done before. Hear Tiffany's story of respecting the past, honouring the present and being intentional about the future.
By The Existence Project5
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Languages can sleep. When Tiffany was born, only twelve people were known to speak her mother tongue – Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim. She would grow up to be a keeper of that language, and a dedicated language and cultural revivalist of the W̱SÁNEĆ people. Learning how to fill that role was a balancing act in navigating her traditional and modern education. You can't always do things the way they have been done before. Hear Tiffany's story of respecting the past, honouring the present and being intentional about the future.