Indigenous Governance Database

PBS "We Shall Remain": A Matter of Funding

Producer
American Experience (in association with NAPT)
Year

George Blanchard, an Absentee-Shawnee elder, has taught Shawnee language classes to adults and children for a number of years. In 2008, the tribe's funding priorities shifted, and Shawnee language classes were cancelled...

cultural preservation
language preservation
language revitalization
People
George Blanchard
Native Nations
Absentee Shawnee Tribe
Topics
Cultural Affairs
Governance
Citation

American Experience (in association with NAPT). "A Matter of Funding." PBS "We Shall Remain" documentary series. April 13, 2009. Film. (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/native_now/language_shawnee, accessed April 19, 2013)

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