7th Grader Suspended for Saying I Love You in Native Language -NativeNewsNetwork

Good post monkeyman. Thanks for bringing this outrage to nv for everyone to see...I can only say that it does not surprise me. A Catholic School that is 60% NA being sujected to this nonsense. Reminds me of the ''Indian Boarding Schools'' that they ran.

Clipping to other groups.

WTH !! This is blatant prejudice as far as I'm concerned. This girl deserves a lot more than a lame apology! (what, I don't know, these actions can't be taken back)

Perhaps they thought she said something else instead and misinterpreted it which does happen quite often. However it is a bit ridiculous on how many natives are in the school. School will be hurting if it is true.

off-topic: Like the avatar monkeyman perhaps next year we can win it all.

My grandmother used to say that a person lacking education but endowed with common sense is a better asset than an educated idiot. She was right.

"It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense." - Robert Green Ingersoll

I am really surprised (and yet not surprised) that this kind of bs is still going on re suppression of Native American languages is concerned.

We're talking Native Americans and Catholics - story has been going of for over 300 years when the "Colonials" thought the Catholic church could teach the Natives better than their own people and SAVE them from their heathenistic savage ways.

Let's do the same to the Blacks, Hispanics, Asians and Whites and see what kind of RAPID APOLOGY would be forth coming.

Such an over reaction by these teachers. Native languages are dying out due to this type of horrible behavior. I applaud this little girl's mother for keeping their language alive for another generation and her hands on parenting. These teachers and school need to clean up their act and get a grip.

Fantastic find monkeyman, great seed indeed.

This is wrong on every count, period. The teacher should be suspended for losing her cool with students. And the other teacher should be told point blank to in the future mind her own damn business.

It's a sad day in America when things get to this point to say the least.

The languages of the planet should be embraced not maligned or discouraged. Too many are so uppity about everyone speaking "English" and cannot or will not tolerate any other native language. When I hear someone conversing in their native tongue that is different from my English I hear a melody of exchange. Why be intimidated when we can learn from each other. My son taught me the Hawaiian language when he was going to school on the island. Sure, I mucked it up frequently and he'd laugh and keep assisting me. He speaks Japanese and has taught me. My daughter learn Vietnamese to converse with her classmates parents while in Kindergarten. Instead of rejecting other's language why aren't we embracing this and making an attempt to learn for ourselves?

Thankfully the schools where I worked were very good with the students with English as a Second Language. Sure most of the children latched on to English swear words and slang but we simply asked them not to swear in school. Making a big deal out of children conversing with one another in any language was not an issue for us.

The teachers of this school should be reprimanded for their shortsightedness. Their actions are totally uncalled for. We must not lose any of the languages of this planet as they are sacred and must be remembered and spoken.

two Thursdays ago this very beautiful 7th grader was suspended for one basketball game (in which she was a member) because she spoke Menominee to a fellow classmate during class. Tragic that one cannot speak another language in the US. What happened to freedom of Speech?

I am a little Aghast that they not only gave her complete name but also have a picture of her. I have major concerns regarding placing a 7th grader's picture and full name on the internet.

After all... it is the "World Wide Web"

Since the first settlement in Jamestown, over 400 years ago; the religious, pompus white people have tried to wipe out the Native American Indian speach, spirituality, and way of life. Thankfully, they have still not succeeded. Every student, with Native American ancestry, should boycott this school. Chances are, they are receiving USA Federal funding for having Native American Indian enrollment, which should be yanked also. The tribes need to use what the white people value the most to fight the abolishing of Native American Indians...money and property. The greatest honor we give our native ancestors is the insistence that we survive as a people, keeping our language, beliefs, and governance alive.

Truly disgusting, but not unprecedented nor surprising! They may be trained and educated enough to be teachers, but they are ignorant! Will this type of attitude EVER change? 200 years and we are still having to deal with stupidity!

Nookomis ♥