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Revitalization efforts[edit]
The Southern Tutchone language even though it is considered endangered there has been revitalization efforts in place to help combat the dwindling numbers. Even though the Southern Tutchone language is considered endangered, revitalization efforts have been put in place to help combat the dwindling numbers. This includes signage throughout the Yukon highlighting the language (4). Other revitalization efforts includes include an adult immersion program focused on increasing the number of speakers in the Champagne and Aishihik traditional territory (5). In 2015 the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations launched the first Da Ku Nän Ts'tthèt (Our House is Waking Up the Land) dance festival which focused on Southern Tutchone language and culture. This was hosted at the cultural centre named Da Ku, meaning "our house" in Southern Tutchone.

Efforts for revitalization have also included school programs throughout the territory (7), as well as a language nest located in Haines Junction, Yukon '''(8). The Yukon Native Language Center has played a key role in many revitalization efforts as they have developed Indigenous teacher education programs as well as curriculum materials (9).'''

Demographics[edit]
In the early 1950s there were close to 20,000 Southern Tutchone speaking individuals. This has since plummeted to less than a few hundred speakers.

In the early 1950s there were close to 20,000 speakers of Southern Tutchone (2). As of 2004 the number of individuals who spoke Southern Tutchone as their first language was 404, and the total number of individuals who had some knowledge of the language was 645 (3).

External links[edit]

 * "Handbook of North American Indians: Subarctic", "Tutchone" pp. 493-505
 * http://ynlc.ca/languages/stutchone.html ynlc.ca. Retrieved 2019-11-07.

References[edit]
1.    ^ Jump up to: a b McClellan, C. (2001) My Old People Say: an Ethnographic Survey of Southern Yukon Territory. Canadian Museum of Civilization.

2.    ^ McClellan, C. (1987). Yukon Indian languages. Chapter 6. In Part of the land, part of the water: A history of the Yukon Indians. (pp. 105-115). Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre.

3.     ^ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/tce Missing or empty  (help)

'''Ferguson, Jenanne, (2009). Manufacturing linguistic communities : Dän K'è language transmission and maintenance practices. Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. ISBN 9780494546147. OCLC 732947932'''

4.     ^ http://www.whitehorsestar.com/News/southern-tutchone-will-adorn-city-signs Missing or empty  (help)

'''Whitehorse Star (March 19, 2018). "Southern Tutchone will adorn city signs". Whitehorse Daily Star.'''

5.     ^ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/southern-tutchone-revitalization-yukon-1.4467314 Missing or empty  (help)

'''Deuling, Meagan (December 29, 2017). "Yukon first nations to launch Southern Tutchone language immersion program, for grownups". CBC News.'''

6. ^ " Yukon Umbrella Final Agreement" (PDF)

'''"Umbrella Final Agreement". Council of Yukon First Nations. Retrieved 2019-11-07.'''

'''7.    Ferguson, Jenanne. 2010. “Shawthan Dan, Shawthan Kwanje: Good People, Good Words: Creating a Dan k’e Speech Community in an Elementary School.” Current Issues in Language Planning 11(2): 152-72. doi: 10.1080/14664208.2010.505072'''

'''8.    Ferguson, Jenanne. 2011. “Intergenerational Connections and Language Transmission among dän k’è(Southern Tutchone) Speakers.” In An Anthropology of Mothering, edited by Michelle Walks and Naomi McPherson, 115-130. Bradford: Demeter Press.'''

'''9.    Bourcier, Andre. 2005. “Yukon Native Language Center.” In Encyclopedia of the Arctic, edited by Mark Nuttall, 2218. New York: Routledge.'''