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Turning the page on Indigenous illiteracy

Wednesday is Indigenous Literacy Day, and schools across the country are donating that most valuable of resources; books.

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By Jan Fran

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The aim is to raise awareness and money to strengthen reading and writing programs in remote Indigenous communities.

Jeannette Francis reports on the drive to donate books from all over the country to under resourced remote libraries.


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