Strengthening Indigenous Language Education in the Americas (fwd link)

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APR
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2014

*Strengthening Indigenous Language Education in the Americas*

Vanessa Anthony-Stevens and Alyce Sadongei Social Sciences and Education
University of Arizona

In the Americas, an estimated 243 indigenous languages are still spoken,
with 68 being spoken in Mexico alone.

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Statistics on indigenous languages in the United States indicate that of
the 175 Native American languages still spoken nationwide, 125 will lose
their last native speakers by 2024. The majority of non-dominant language
speakers – including Ngigua, Apache, Yoremi and Wixrarika – struggle to
maintain native speakers due, in part, to restrictive state and federal
languages policies, especially in schools.

Recently, the College of Education featured the efforts and initiatives of
two programs working to bring attention to indigenous languages and
indigenous language instruction within communities and schools: Project
Scholarships for Economic and Educational Development, *Project
SEED*<http://www.coe.arizona.edu/seed>,
and the *American Indian Language Development
Institute*<http://aildi.arizona.edu/>
.

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