Australian schools lead revival of fading Indigenous languages

Whirling barefoot in a sand circle, Clark Webb leads a class of school children as they dance to clapsticks and the songs of the Gumbaynggirr, an Aboriginal Australian people. "Opening our own schools, that's sovereignty in action," said Webb, one of those seeking to revive the Indigenous language spoken in Coffs Harbour, a coastal town about 500 km (310 miles) north of Sydney. Webb was referring to a procedure called the "Voice to Parliament", which will go to a referendum on Oct. 14 to decide whether Indigenous People get recognition in Australia's constitution for the first time.