Federal funding promises to preserve Indigenous languages

 
MEMBERTOU FIRST NATION --
It was an investment you could say was as much about making amends, as unveiling amounts.
Indigenous Affairs Minister Marc Miller visited Cape Breton's Membertou First Nation on Monday, where he announced more than $513,000 towards preservation and strengthening of Indigenous languages -- languages that were nearly lost as the result of Canada's residential school system.
"There are people here today, as you've seen, who have been fighting against governments to reclaim their language, their culture, their identity", Miller told reporters following the announcement.  "And what Canada needs is to support them financially, and then to get out of the way."

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