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Dear Fellow Earthlings,

So, how is the Seneca nation doing? More specifically, how is the Seneca language doing? To find out how it is doing, I am going to go to Seneca country soon. I plan to contact the Seneca Nation tomorrow so that I can enroll as a student in whatever Seneca language program they may have. Once enrolled, I will make instant progress because of my background in learning languages, studying linguistics, doing linguistics, doing The Jingles, and working in the development of other “Jingles” systems (such as “Charin Charin” for the Japanese phonome, “Dingling” for the Chinese phonome, “Las Rimas” for the Spanish phonome, and “Les Sonorettes” for the French phonome). The Seneca Nation is in the western part of the state of New York. I will not be able to go there until November at the earliest – but I have decided that I WILL go! You see, I fear that the “100 fluent native speakers of Seneca” is going to shrink to zero without my help. I could be mistaken in my fears -- I HOPE I am!! -- BUT I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES ABOUT THIS! After all, the extinction of their language could definitely take place within the next 50 years at the latest…Gone is the passenger pigeon, gone are the aboriginal languages of Tasmania, gone is the arunchal hopea tree of India (See Installment 17.) – and gone is the Stephens Island wren (See Installment 12.)! The destruction of natural and human treasures by humans must cease!

Steve Walker, Earthsaver and Jingles Creator

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