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<DIV>I have a new employer, and a new email address so I need to unsubscribe this address and then subscribe using my new one. I have been a part of this list so long I forgot how I got on it :) Could you send me a link or instructions?</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Tammy DeCoteau<BR><BR>Oct 23, 2013 12:34:14 PM, ilat@list.arizona.edu wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><B><FONT size=4 face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Keeping the Hopi language alive</FONT></B><BR><BR>
<DIV><I>First Things First and Hopi language specialists to develop new program aimed at connecting young Hopi children to native language in critical early years</I><BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Navajo-Hopi Observer<BR><BR>What was the first word your baby spoke? Was it mama, papa or was it yuuyu or taata? <BR><BR>In many Hopi communities, Hopi is not the first language spoken by children because it is not spoken in the home. <BR><BR>According to Cynthia Pardo, parent awareness and community outreach coordinator with First Things First, studies show that as English becomes the primary language, the Hopi language, the tribe's oral history, cultural identity and strong early literacy skills are at stake.<BR><BR>First Things First (FTF) Coconino Regional Council in partnership with the Hopi Tribe and the villages sponsored the Hopi Lavayi Early Childhood Assessment Project, which aimed to increase the understanding of early language concerns that village members have about Hopi children birth to five-years-old. This assessment included suggestions for revitalizing Hopi language with sustainable and realistic approaches.<BR><BR>Access full article below: <BR><A href="http://www.nhonews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=794&ArticleID=15784" target=_blank>http://www.nhonews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=794&ArticleID=15784</A></DIV></DIV>
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