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KWF to hold National Congress on Endangered Languages

These Native American women are reclaiming a ‘stolen’ part of their identity: Their language With half of the nation’s native languages extinct, these women are dedicating their lives to preserving theirs Quirina Geary with her daughter, Niyatsatha Geary, 9, at her home in Clearlake Oaks, Calif. (Rachel Bujalski for The Washington Post) Megan Botel 9:48 AM In 1980, when fourth-grader Quirina Geary’s class learned about Spanish missions and the Native American tribes they conquered, ...