12-Year-Old Miranda Washinawatok Banned From Basketball Game For Speaking Native Language #p2 #tcot

"12-year-old Miranda Washinawatok was not allowed to play in a basketball game after she spoke in her native Menominee language to two students in her 7th grade class at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Shawano, Wisconsin (video below).

"It means I love you," Washinawatok said, recalling that her teacher, Julie Gurta, reacted with anger.

"She sort of threw her hands down on her desk and said don't be talking like that. How would you like it if I started talking Polish?""

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