At 95, this community's last fluent Hän speaker hopes to pass on as much as he can

Efforts are underway in Dawson City, Yukon, to capture Percy Henry's knowledge of the language so it's not forgotten. New Canadian census data suggests the number of Indigenous people who can hold a conversation in their traditional language is declining.

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