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<font size="4"><font face="georgia, serif">Senators Fight to Preserve Tribal Cultures Through Native </font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit">Languages</span></font></h2>
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<font face="georgia, serif">Senator Jon Tester (D-Montana) is teaming up with Senators Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota), Mark Begich (D-Alaska), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) to preserve Native languages and help strengthen Indian culture and education.</font></p>
<p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="georgia, serif">Tester and his colleagues this week introduced the Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act. The bill establishes a grant program to fund Native language educational programs throughout Indian Country in order to improve high school graduation rates, increase college enrollment and better prepare students for jobs.</font></p>
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