hoopa children were beaten for using their mother tongue. would actually get punished both in the school and in the actual community at times or get turned in so the indians had to go underground. >> amid those deliberate efforts to stamp it out and the onslaught of american culture, the hoopa language dwindled almost like losing a finger or part of your -- part of your body so that really, the men were sick. in this case, the world is sick. >> now the tribe is making a determined effort to bring it back. in this classroom, tribal schoolteachers are learning basic hoopa in order to teach it themselves in primary and high schools eventually there will be total immersion hoopa classes for children up toage 6. like many native american, the hoopa suffer from poverty, climb, alcoholism and drilling abuse bringing back the hoopa language and culture can help heal historic wounds. >> so many feelings of despair with the language comes the culture, with the language comes the tradition. this is something that is valley vital to the survival of hoop

hoopa language is hanging by a thread. >> there are three elder speakers. there is a handful of people my age or older who have come to a level where we can teach and understand and have conversations. >> the hooma have lived in this beautiful place of forest, mist and mountains forever. in the 18th century the u.s. government took most of their land. in the century, the u.s. government would force their children into bordering schools where their language and traditions were banned. they would be beaten for using their mother tongue. >> you would be punished in the school and in the actual community or get turned in so the indians had to go underground. >> amid those deliberate efforts to stamp it out and the on slot of american culture, the hoopa language dwindled. >> it's almost like losing a finger or a part of your body so that really th then we're sick. in this case the world is sick. >> now, the tribe is making a determined effort to bring it back. in this classroom tribal school teachers are learning basic hoopa in order to teach it themselves in pr

they're learning hoopa on their reservation. its very existence is hanging by a slender thread. >> there's elder speakers, a handful of people my age or older who have come to a level where we can teach it. >> reporter: in the late 19th sen treep the u.s. government took most of their land. in the early 20th century the government began americanising natives across the u.s. forcing their children into boarding schools where their languages and traditions were banned. the children were beaten for using their mother tongue. >> you would get punished at times. so the indians had to go underground. >> reporter: in the efforts to stamp it out and the onslaugt of american culture, the language dwindled. >> it was like losing a finger or part of your body. so that really in this case the world is sick. >> reporter: now the tribe is making a determined effort to bring it back. they're learning basic hoopa here to teach it themselves. eventually there will be classes for children up to age six. they suffer from poverty, crime alcoholism

they're learning hoopa on their reservation in northern california. its very existence is hanging by a slender thread says teacher. >> there are three emder fluent speakers, a handful of people my age or older where we've come to a level where we can teach and understand and have conversations. >> reporter: they have lived here forever. in the late 19th century the government took most of their land. in the 20th century they began americaising natives and forcing them into schools where their languages and traditions were banned >> you would get punished in the school and in the community at times for and so it went underground. >> reporter: the language dwindled. >> it's almost like losing a finger or part of your body. so that really the world in this case is sick. >> reporter: now the tribe is make itting a determined effort to bring it back. in this classroom tribal school teachers are learning basic hoopa in order to tech this themselves in primary and high schools. eventually there will be total emerging hoopa classes for children up to age 6. l

in this classroom tribal school teachers are learning basic hoopa in order to teach it themselves. eventually there will be total emerge entity classes for children up to age six. like many native american people, they suffer from poverty, crime, alcoholism an drug abuse. bringing back the language and culture can help heel historic wounds. >> there's so many feemgs of despair. this is something that is really vital to the survive of the hoopa people. >> reporter: restoring the language won't be easy. it is a project that will span generations. >> the goal is for these kids to become fluent hoopa speakers and then years later to pass on the language when they have children of their own. >> reporter: a language that refuses to die and a people who have survived against the odds flowing on like a mighty stream. rob reynolds >>> ai diver in florida says he is lucky to be alive after being sucked into a pipe in a nuclear plant >> we were going from rock pile to rock pile. i woman up to this structure. it looks like a building on the water. i felt a current and it got quicker. it felt l

these children are learning hoopa on their native american reservation on northern california. its very existence is hanging by a slender thread. >> there are three elder fluent speakers, a handful of people my age or older who have come to a level where we can teach and understand and have conversations >> reporter: they have lived in this beautiful place of forest middle of the and mountain forever. in the last 19th century the u.s. government took their land. in the early 20th century they begun americaising anyway activist to the u.s. the children were beaten for using their mother tongue. >> you would actually get punished in the school and in the community at times, so the indians had to go undergrown. >> reporter: in those efforts to stamp it out, the hoop did thes a language dwindled >> it is almost like losing a finger or part of your body so that really then we're sick. in this case the world is sick. >> reporter: now the tribe is making an effort to bring it back. here schoolteachers are being taught. eventually there will be classes for children up to age 6. like ma

. >>> coming up, in part four of our series on dying languages the efforts to save the hoopa languageative americans deep in the red wood forests of northern california. now music is a lifeline for many in the democratic republic of congo and now a group of self-taught young musicians is taking center stage, catherine soy has their story. ♪ it is early evening in one of the poorer neighborhoods of the capitol and the orchestra is rehearsing and most musicians have no steady income and during the day they do what they must for their daily hustle. we find them rehearsing the conductor's own composition, a story of the tribulation and how they are over coming it and created the orchestra back in 1992 then he had only three instruments in his father's church. >> translator: things have changed. years ago now we are seeing more congolese but there is still much to do. ♪ in downtown the local music dominates the night scene. people come out to listen and dance to songs by some of the continent's greatest artists. they have a rich music culture and we are listening to most popular kind of mu

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eventually, there will be total immersion hoopa dallas for children up toage 6.ike many native american people, the hoopa suffer from poverty, crime, alcoholism and drug abuse. bringing back the hoopa language and culture can help heal historic wounds. >> there are so many feelings of despair. with the language comes the culture. with the language comes tradition. this is something that is vital to the survival of the people. >> restoring the language won't be easy. it's a project that will span generations. the goal is thfor these kids to become fluent hoopa speakers and years later, to pass on the language when they have children of their own. >> a language that refuses to die. and a people who will have survived against the odds. flowing on like a mighty stream. rob reynolds, al jazeera, hoopa valley california. >> air drive craft could be an expensei business but a businessman in serbia has come up with a cheaper way to fly. caroline malone reports. >> reporter: light aircraft from basic materials in this workshop in serbia. production of an aircraft stops wi