This is one of the biggest concerns we need to address. We need to help our grandparents. We need to listen to their teachings, their knowledge. Today, I'm afraid because if all the older persons are gone, my generation could be considered the elderly. We speak of the older people, and now the younger people look at me.
Languages are an issue and an everyday reality with everyone.
For example, if I came up to you we would shake hands, we meet, and we converse. All in English. I remember seeing some of the older people going into tents. Hopi, Tewa, Hualapai, Navajo, Maricopa, and so forth. They were speaking all the languages among themselves, and it was good.