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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva"><strong>LONG LIVE OUR LANGUAGES!</strong></span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva"><strong> </strong></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva"><br><em><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, 'palatino'">“Our language is the life-giving waters for our People, nurturing the roots of our identity and sovereignty. Our language will lead our children to this water source to make them strong, confident and well.”</span></em> </span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva">— Elder language activist, 2009</span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva">Dear Harold:</span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva"> </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva"><br>As we reflect back on 2009, we are grateful for the blessings and confirmations Indigenous Language Institute has received to keep our work going. It has been a most challenging year in the area of finances, as experienced by most non-profit organizations. ILI has managed to keep going with “blood, sweat and tears” of staff, board and advisors – and with support from Friends like you – to continue our services to Native language practitioners.</span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva"><br>We are grateful for the grants and gifts in 2009 from Administration for Native Americans Language Planning Grant, Verizon Tech Savvy Award administered by the National Center for Family Literacy, IBM Corporation, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, First Nations Development Institute, Seminole Tribe of Florida, O’Keeffe Family Foundation, Pueblo of Pojoaque, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, Microsoft Matching Grant, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.</span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva"><br>We are grateful to the numerous individual Friends for your gifts, every dollar of which has helped infuse energy into our language work. ILI has always been frugal, operating with a small core staff of four committed professionals and keeping operational costs manageable. In economic challenging times, ILI has diligently researched ways to further cut operational costs without sacrificing the quality of our services.</span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva"><br>As we close the year and look to 2010, we ask for your support. We could not have survived 2009 without your help, big and small. Your dollar directly affects individuals, communities and nations who are working to revitalize and preserve their languages and traditions. The urgency of Native language work becomes all the more intense when we lose another first language speaker. Time is not on our side.</span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva"><br>Please join us in this vital effort! Please make your tax deductible contribution today. You can <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/6566469102/208068368/209923252/28751/goto:http://www.ilinative.org/donate/" target="_blank" rel="donate online">donate online</a> or mail your contribution to: <br>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva">Indigenous Language Institute<br>1501 Cerrillos Road, U-Building<br>Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505</span></div>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva"><br>O</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva">n behalf of the Board of Directors, staff, families, schools and children we serve, we wish you and your loved ones Happy Holidays!</span></div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><strong>Gerald L. Hill</strong> </span></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><br>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva"><strong>Inée Y. Slaughter</strong><br>Executive Director<br>Indigenous Language Institute</span></span></div></div></td>
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