S. 575 Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2003

[Rr Lapier]

"Support Senate Bill 575"

Please support Senate Bill 575 by contacting your local representatives.

Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2003

The purposes of this Act are--

(1) to encourage and support, consistent with the policy of the United States
as expressed in the Native American Languages Act (25 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.)--
> (A) the development of Native American language survival schools as
> innovative means of addressing the effects of past discrimination against
> Native American language speakers; and
> (B) the revitalization of Native American languages through--(i) education
> in Native American languages; and(ii) instruction in other academic
> subjects using Native American languages as an instructional medium;

(2) to demonstrate the positive effects of Native American language survival
schools on the academic success of Native American students and the students'
mastery of standard English;

(3) to encourage and support the involvement of families in the educational
and cultural survival efforts of Native American language survival schools;

(4) to encourage communication, cooperation, and educational exchange among
Native American language survival schools and the administrators of Native
American language survival schools;

(5) to provide support for Native American language survival school
facilities and endowments;

(6) to provide support for Native American language nests--
> (A) as part of Native American language survival schools; or
> (B) as separate programs that will be developed into more comprehensive
> Native American language survival schools;

(7) to support the development of local and national models that can be
disseminated to the public and made available to other schools as exemplary
methods of teaching Native American students; and

(8) to develop a support center system for Native American language survival
schools at the university level.

For more information, link. >> <A HREF="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.575:">
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.575:</A>

For additional questions please feel free to contact Piegan Institute.

Rosalyn LaPier
Piegan Institute
www.pieganinstitute.org



















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