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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Education Week<BR><BR>Native American Students Flag Holes in Instruction<BR><BR>Fewer than a third of children who identify themselves as American Indian or Alaska Native say that they know "a lot" about their tribe or group, according to a study on the teaching of Native American culture and language released today by a branch of the U.S. Department of Education.<BR><BR>A significant number of children who are classified as American Indian or Alaska Native by their schools-26 percent of 4th graders and 17 percent of 8th graders-don't even consider themselves to have those identities, the Institute of Education Sciences study found.<BR><BR>Full story:<BR><BR><A href="http://www.edweek.org/login.html?source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edweek.org%2Few%2Farticles%2F2008%2F06%2F25%2F43indian_web.h27.html&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edweek.org%2Few%2Farticles%2F2008%2F06%2F25%2F43indian_web.h27.html&levelId=2100&baddebt=false">http://www.edweek.org/login.html?source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edweek.org%2Few%2Farticles%2F2008%2F06%2F25%2F43indian_web.h27.html&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edweek.org%2Few%2Farticles%2F2008%2F06%2F25%2F43indian_web.h27.html&levelId=2100&baddebt=false</A><BR></FONT></DIV>

<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2><BR>Here is a link to the Department of Education's '</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>National Indian Education Study' to which the article refers.:</FONT></DIV>

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<DIV dir=ltr><A href="https://ruby1604.utsa.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nies/" target=_blank><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nies/</FONT></A></DIV></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>

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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Francis M. Hult, Ph.D.</FONT></DIV>

<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Assistant Professor</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>

<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies</FONT></DIV>

<DIV>University of Texas at San Antonio</DIV>

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<DIV>Web: <A href="http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/fhult/">http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/fhult/</A></FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>