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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#660000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Please support Senate Bill 575 by contacting your local representatives.<BR>
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Native American Languages Act Amendments Act of 2003<BR>
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The purposes of this Act are--<BR>
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(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.)--<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">(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<BR>
(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;</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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(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;<BR>
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(3) to encourage and support the involvement of families in the educational and cultural survival efforts of Native American language survival schools;<BR>
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(4) to encourage communication, cooperation, and educational exchange among Native American language survival schools and the administrators of Native American language survival schools;<BR>
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(5) to provide support for Native American language survival school facilities and endowments;<BR>
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(6) to provide support for Native American language nests--<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">(A) as part of Native American language survival schools; or<BR>
(B) as separate programs that will be developed into more comprehensive Native American language survival schools;</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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(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<BR>
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(8) to develop a support center system for Native American language survival schools at the university level.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> <BR>
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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><BR>
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For additional questions please feel free to contact Piegan Institute.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Rosalyn LaPier<BR>
Piegan Institute<BR>
www.pieganinstitute.org<BR>
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