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In offering an alternative to official culture, speaking a language can be a form of resistance. “It is ironic and from ignorance that it is considered ‘un-American’ by many American citizens to speak any language other than English, when English is not indigenous to the Americas... It can even be dangerous to speak a different language than English. You can be singled out for discrimination. Children can be targeted. To insist on your own tribal language is an act of sovereignty, of love.”