<font><font face="georgia,serif">Language Plan and Tribal Efforts Praised<br><br>By Carol Berry March 9, 2012<br>USA<br><br>The bipartisan Native American Caucus of State Legislatures in Colorado has given its support to a bill that would promote Native language learning in the state’s public schools by employing people fluent in languages of federally-recognized tribal nations.<br>
<br>There was discussion of the bill in a caucus meeting March 7 convened by the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs (CCIA). Members also proposed formal recognition for the economic and other achievements of Colorado’s two tribal nations, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.<br>
<br>The Native language proposal was first introduced by Sen. Suzanne Williams (D-Aurora), a member of the Comanche Nation, to allow the language-speakers to teach under the supervision of qualified instructors and to receive a waiver from the Colorado Department of Education to exempt them from formal certification.<br>
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