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Why is potawatomi language endangered (5 sentences)

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With only a handful of fluent speakers left, the Potawatomi tribe is working to save its endangered language from extinction.

From the chairs in which we sat, which were covered in Potawatomi-inspired fabric, to the fire crackling behind the class filled with "Keepers of the Fire", everything has meaning in the Pokagon Band's Language and Culture Center.

But, to them, Bodewadmimwen, the language itself, is their culture.

“That is what makes us who we are, so if our language goes, our identity goes. And we have no right to call ourselves Potawatomi," said the Director of Language and Culture for the Pokagon Band, Marcus Winchester.

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