Native languages at their fingertips</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Native languages at their fingertips"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Native,languages,at,their,fingertips"> </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">15-09-2006</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>Native languages at their fingertips</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Montana, USA (NT): Members of the Salish and Kootenai Tribes now have their native language at their fingertips. Literally. With the help of various small grants and the donated time and effort of an area resident, the tribes now have new keyboards and an easily installed font to help in the creation of documents written in Salish and Kootenai. “When modern technology first arrived here, it started taking our language and culture away from us,” said Tony Incashola, director of the Salish Pend d’Oreille Culture Committee. “But now we’re learning how to take that same technology and turn it around, using it to teach our children our language and culture.” <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.nativetimes.com/index.asp?action=displayarticle&article_id=8178 " target="blank">www.nativetimes.com/index.asp?action=displayarticle&article_id=8178 </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