<font><font face="georgia,serif" color="#000099">He'ba'lo' All,</font></font><div><font><font face="georgia,serif" color="#000099"><br></font></font></div><div><font color="#000099"><font><font face="georgia,serif">I know this is happening at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. Sahaptin is taught (</font></font><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://wla.uoregon.edu/sahaptin.html">http://wla.uoregon.edu/sahaptin.html</a>) as a regular course and Lushootseed and Tolowa Dee-ni' are taught as Self-study language classes. All three are offered through the World Languages Academy. At this time, Sahaptin does qualify for the "foreign language" (can you hear the sarcasm as I type?) requirement for undergraduates.</font></font></div>
<div><font><font face="georgia,serif" color="#000099"><br></font></font></div><div><font><font face="georgia,serif" color="#000099">Further, the Yurok language has been offered at Humboldt State University in the past. However, I'm not sure if it qualifies for satisfying the "foreign language" requirement. Maybe someone else knows?</font></font></div>
<div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000099"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000099">Does anyone know of other K-12, colleges, or universities that offer Native American languages that satisfy the "foreign language" requirement for students? If so, please share.</font></div>
<div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000099"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000099"><font face="georgia, serif">Čawokš</font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">,</span></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000099">Marnie</font></div>
<div><font><font face="georgia,serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font><font face="georgia,serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font><font face="georgia,serif"><br></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Phillip E Cash Cash <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cashcash@email.arizona.edu">cashcash@email.arizona.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Native American Languages Could Count For Class Credit<br>
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By Carol Berry January 19, 2012<br>
USA<br>
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Goodbye, French and German. Hello, Dine, Lakota and other Native<br>
American languages—with some qualifications.<br>
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Under a proposed new program in Colorado, European and Asian tongues<br>
would remain options for foreign language credit in high school, but<br>
Native languages from federally recognized tribes could also be<br>
offered for that purpose.<br>
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The plan is described in a bill filed January 13 for submission to the<br>
Colorado General Assembly by Sen. Suzanne Williams (D-Aurora), a<br>
member of the Comanche Nation, and co-sponsor Sen. J. Paul Brown<br>
(R-Ignacio).<br>
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<a href="http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/19/native-american-languages-could-count-for-class-credit-73223" target="_blank">http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/19/native-american-languages-could-count-for-class-credit-73223</a><br>
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