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Victor Goldbloom knows that guarding Native languages is beyond his mandate. Or even his control.

But Canada's Commissioner of Official Languages believes he must at least make an attempt to recognize the importance of such rich cultural treasures or risk losing them forever.

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Victor Goldbloom knows that guarding Native languages is beyond his mandate. Or even his control.

But Canada's Commissioner of Official Languages believes he must at least make an attempt to recognize the importance of such rich cultural treasures or risk losing them forever.

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Victor Goldbloom knows that guarding Native languages is beyond his mandate. Or even his control.

But Canada's Commissioner of Official Languages believes he must at least make an attempt to recognize the importance of such rich cultural treasures or risk losing them forever.

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Tansi, ahnee and hello. There's a certain amount of difficultly that arises from playing a game of baseball with the enthusiasm of a 20-year old but using a 37-year-old body. You discover on the field when the flyball you would normally have chased down with grace and dignity skims over your head. Then you notice it the next morning as soon as you try to move.

That's where I'm at this morning as I write this. The various aches, pains, cramps and stiffness keeping me company today are vociferous reminders of yesterday's fun.

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Tansi, ahnee and hello. There's a certain amount of difficultly that arises from playing a game of baseball with the enthusiasm of a 20-year old but using a 37-year-old body. You discover on the field when the flyball you would normally have chased down with grace and dignity skims over your head. Then you notice it the next morning as soon as you try to move.

That's where I'm at this morning as I write this. The various aches, pains, cramps and stiffness keeping me company today are vociferous reminders of yesterday's fun.

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Tansi, ahnee and hello. There's a certain amount of difficultly that arises from playing a game of baseball with the enthusiasm of a 20-year old but using a 37-year-old body. You discover on the field when the flyball you would normally have chased down with grace and dignity skims over your head. Then you notice it the next morning as soon as you try to move.

That's where I'm at this morning as I write this. The various aches, pains, cramps and stiffness keeping me company today are vociferous reminders of yesterday's fun.

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Tansi, ahnee and hello. There's a certain amount of difficultly that arises from playing a game of baseball with the enthusiasm of a 20-year old but using a 37-year-old body. You discover on the field when the flyball you would normally have chased down with grace and dignity skims over your head. Then you notice it the next morning as soon as you try to move.

That's where I'm at this morning as I write this. The various aches, pains, cramps and stiffness keeping me company today are vociferous reminders of yesterday's fun.

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Social evolution is inevitable in any group of people. We adapt to the changes around us without being consciously aware of the adaptations. The social evolution that has occurred in the last 500 years was not necessarily by choice for our Native people. We have been forced to adapt to foreign standards that have been detrimental to the cultural base that was in existence. That doesn't mean that as individuals we must adopt the "white" mind style.

In response to Michael Kanenta's letter to the editor, I say, it is my opinion that

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Social evolution is inevitable in any group of people. We adapt to the changes around us without being consciously aware of the adaptations. The social evolution that has occurred in the last 500 years was not necessarily by choice for our Native people. We have been forced to adapt to foreign standards that have been detrimental to the cultural base that was in existence. That doesn't mean that as individuals we must adopt the "white" mind style.

In response to Michael Kanenta's letter to the editor, I say, it is my opinion that

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Social evolution is inevitable in any group of people. We adapt to the changes around us without being consciously aware of the adaptations. The social evolution that has occurred in the last 500 years was not necessarily by choice for our Native people. We have been forced to adapt to foreign standards that have been detrimental to the cultural base that was in existence. That doesn't mean that as individuals we must adopt the "white" mind style.

In response to Michael Kanenta's letter to the editor, I say, it is my opinion that