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Teacher Lisa Clemens leads tribal students in an Ojibwe language song at the Waadookodaading language immersion school in Hayward. The charter school aims to revive the endangered language by teaching most subjects in Ojibwe. Students at the Waadookodaading Ojibwe language school, from left, Quinn McCoy, Bernice Taylor, Shainah Peterson and Mary LaMorie say they relish the school's tight ties. It's "fun speaking the language," said Mary, 8. Ho-Chunk tribal elder Chloris Lowe Sr., 80, teaches at an innovative tribal day-care where only Ho-Chunk is spoken to toddlers like his two-year-old great-grandson Haakon Garvin. Teacher Lisa Clemens works with students at Waadookodaading, a Hayward charter school where all subjects except English are taught in Ojibwe.
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