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2014<br><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><b><font size="4">Strengthening Indigenous Language Education in the Americas</font></b><br><br>Vanessa Anthony-Stevens and Alyce Sadongei Social Sciences and Education</div>
<div class="gmail_default">University of Arizona</div><div class="gmail_default"><br><p style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(87,87,87);line-height:21px">
In the Americas, an estimated 243 indigenous languages are still spoken, with 68 being spoken in Mexico alone. </p><p style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(87,87,87);line-height:21px">
<a class="" href="http://uanews.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog_image_large_600px_w/public/images/blog/mexico-81389.jpg?itok=YtPzk4Gy" rel="gallery-all" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><img alt="" class="" src="http://uanews.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog_image_large_600px_w/public/images/blog/mexico-81389.jpg?itok=YtPzk4Gy" style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></a></p>
<p style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(87,87,87);line-height:21px">Statistics on indigenous languages in the United States indicate that of the 175 Native American languages still spoken nationwide, 125 will lose their last native speakers by 2024. The majority of non-dominant language speakers – including Ngigua, Apache, Yoremi and Wixrarika – struggle to maintain native speakers due, in part, to restrictive state and federal languages policies, especially in schools.</p>
<p style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(87,87,87);line-height:21px">Recently, the College of Education featured the efforts and initiatives of two programs working to bring attention to indigenous languages and indigenous language instruction within communities and schools: Project Scholarships for Economic and Educational Development, <a href="http://www.coe.arizona.edu/seed" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Project SEED</strong></a>, and the <a href="http://aildi.arizona.edu/" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">American Indian Language Development Institute</strong></a>.</p>
<p style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(87,87,87);line-height:21px">Access full article below: </p><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">
<a href="http://uanews.org/blog/strengthening-indigenous-language-education-americas">http://uanews.org/blog/strengthening-indigenous-language-education-americas</a><br></div></div></div>