Ancestral Indian languages dying</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Ancestral Indian languages dying"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Ancestral,Indian,languages,dying"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">29-07-2008</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Ancestral Indian languages dying</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Arizona, USA (UPI): A decreasing number of American Indians can speak or understand their ancestral Indian language, experts say. The Arizona Republic reported Sunday that tribal leaders are offering special immersion courses to teach American Indian children their traditional tongue. Loretta Jackson-Kelly, historic preservation officer for the Hualapai Tribe, says there is hope a tribal camp southeast of Kingman, Ariz., the tribe's Pai language will survive. "A lot of people don't realize the implications," she said. "Language loss means you lose your identity." <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/07/27/American_Indian_languages_dying/UPI-24941217205980 " target="blank">www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/07/27/American_Indian_languages_dying/UPI-24941217205980 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show