I don t know what will happen, but I am concerned. Often only extraordinary American Indian children learn the native language in today s world. I wonder how many people can do that. Kids these days have to be almost superhuman to learn the language. It requires a lot of time, money and dedication.
Most Indian people don t have that opportunity.
It takes super extraordinary effort to learn about the language because Ojibwe has no value in modern society. Because so few from the younger generation speak the native language, there is currently a strong desire to have them learn the language. I use to hear some parents talk English to their kids everyday. Now today they are sorry. Because of that, we now need to have language programs to teach the children their language.