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WordofTheHour<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/assimilate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assimilate</a> : to appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body- French: Assimiler - German: assimilieren, anpassen- Italian: assimilare- Portuguese: assimilar- Spanish: asimilar------------Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

Peter>> The Starfleet Gazette will not be endorsing a candidate in the upcoming election for president of the United Federation of Planets. This decision was not made lightly, but neither of the two candidates—decorated Starship Voyager Captain Kathryn Janeway or The Borg—has shown us a real path to endorsement, and we must stay true to our priorities: journalistic integrity and not pissing off The Borg. <<Well, good! Presenting both sides of the argument is SO important, especially when one side hides in darkness, constantly denies evidence, and wants to rule rather than represent. There are good people ... um, things ... on both sides!<a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-starfleet-gazette-will-not-be-endorsing-a-candidate-for-president-of-the-united-federation-of-planets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-starfleet-gazette-will-not-be-endorsing-a-candidate-for-president-of-the-united-federation-of-planets</a><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Assimilate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Assimilate</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harris</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Election2024</a>

Chuck DarwinA school banned Indigenous students from using their language. A century later, it’s teaching Cherokee A precursor to Duke University once stripped students of their culture. -- Cherokee teachers are leading the changeBetween 1882 and 1887, some two dozen children from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians were enrolled in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trinity</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/College" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#College</a>’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/Industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Industrial</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Indian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indian</a> boarding school. The school, which operated about 20 miles south of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Greensboro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greensboro</a>, North Carolina, alongside the college’s traditional liberal arts program, received federal funding in pursuit of its goal to <a href="https://c.im/tags/assimilate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assimilate</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#students</a>.The students, who ranged in age from eight to 18, were forced to work and wear <a href="https://c.im/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#western</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/clothing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#clothing</a>, and were <a href="https://c.im/tags/prohibited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prohibited</a> from <a href="https://c.im/tags/speaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#speaking</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cherokee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cherokee</a> or otherwise maintaining their traditions, while other students who attended Trinity College were instructed in the liberal arts.In 1887, the boarding school closed. Trinity College eventually moved to <a href="https://c.im/tags/Durham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Durham</a> and, in 1924, it became <a href="https://c.im/tags/Duke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Duke</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#University</a>. ❇️ Now, the school at which Cherokee and other Indigenous students were forcibly stripped of their culture is being used to help revitalize the Cherokee language.The classes are important not only because of Duke and the Cherokee people’s shared history, but also because ♦️more speakers are necessary to prevent the Cherokee language from going <a href="https://c.im/tags/extinct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extinct</a>. In 2019, the three federally recognized Cherokee tribes declared a state of emergency for the language.“There are approximately 2,000 fluent first-language Cherokee speakers left, and each Cherokee tribe is 💥losing fluent speakers at faster rates than new Cherokee speakers are developed,” 💥 the declaration reads.Duke is partnering with <a href="https://c.im/tags/Vanderbilt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vanderbilt</a> University in Tennessee and the University of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Virginia</a> for the promotion of 🔸less commonly taught languages, 🔸 such as <a href="https://c.im/tags/Haitian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Haitian</a> Creole, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Turkish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Turkish</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Malagasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Malagasy</a>. The Cherokee language classes mark the first time an Indigenous American language is being taught at Duke<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/21/duke-university-cherokee-language?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/21/duke-university-cherokee-language?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a>

WordofTheHour<a href="https://botsin.space/tags/assimilate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assimilate</a> : to appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body- French: Assimiler - German: assimilieren, anpassen- Italian: assimilare- Portuguese: assimilar- Spanish: asimilar------------Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

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