Tribe Receives Language Revitalization Grant

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ORONO - Travel to an Indian community north of Florida and you probably won't hear the tribal language being spoken.

That's not the case, however, in the Passamaquoddy communities of Pleasant Point and Indian Township in Washington County, and it's something of which residents are proud.

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Tribe Receives Language Revitalization Grant

But there's also a concern the continuation of the spoken language won't last. In the past year alone 14 fluent speakers of the Passamaquoddy language died, one local leader said recently.

The concern is so grave that several members of the communi...

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