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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=ryan@redhandmedia.com href="mailto:ryan@redhandmedia.com">Ryan Red
Corn</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=goodtracks@peoplepc.com
href="mailto:goodtracks@peoplepc.com">goodtracks@peoplepc.com</A> ; <A
title=tkredcorn@yahoo.com href="mailto:tkredcorn@yahoo.com">Talee Redcorn</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 04, 2006 3:07 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Fwd: URGENT!!! Language Bill needs push now</DIV></DIV>
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face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=3><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3>"TICAR OK" <<A
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face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=3><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3>December 4, 2006 10:37:02
AM PST</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><FONT style="FONT: 12px Helvetica; COLOR: #000000"
face=Helvetica color=#000000 size=3><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT
style="FONT: 12px Helvetica" face=Helvetica size=3><B>URGENT!!! Language Bill
needs push now</B></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial"><FONT size=3><B
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: arial">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-FAMILY: arial"> </SPAN></FONT><A
title=mailto:richard-grounds@utulsa.edu
href="mailto:richard-grounds@utulsa.edu"><FONT
title="mailto:richard-grounds@utulsa.edu CTRL + Click to follow link"
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style="FONT-FAMILY: arial"></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT size=1><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">National
Indian Education Association</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">110 Maryland
Avenue, N.E.</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Suite
104</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Washington,
D.C. 20002</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">P: (202)
544-7290 / F: (202) 544-7293 </SPAN><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">November 30,
2006</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Broadcast
#06-068</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></STRONG></FONT><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">ACTION ALERT
ON H.R. 4766, THE ESTHER MARTINEZ NATIVE</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">LANGUAGES
PRESERVATION ACT OF 2006</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">CALLING ON HELP FROM OKLAHOMA
</SPAN><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></FONT></STRONG><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">NIEA is still working hard to
pass the H.R. 4766, the Esther</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Martinez Native Languages
Preservation Act of 2006 during</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">the lame
duck session. When Congress returned from the</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">election
recess, </SPAN><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">NIEA and
Native American Code</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Talkers
Samuel Tso (Navajo), Keith Little (Navajo) and Merrill</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Sandovil
(Navajo) met with several Senate offices to discuss</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">H.R.4766 and
request removal of the current hold placed on</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">the
bill.</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">We are asking for your
help</SPAN></FONT></STRONG><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">, particularly tribes,
schools,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">educational groups, and
religious organizations </SPAN><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">in
Oklahoma</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">to weigh in with Senator Tom
Coburn (R-OK)</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">expressing your
</SPAN></FONT></STRONG><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">support of H.R. 4766
and</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">requesting him to lift his
hold.</SPAN><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></FONT><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Congress will
return from their Thanksgiving break on</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">December 4th
and are expected to adjourn for the year</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">the same week
so </SPAN></STRONG><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">there is little time left to
pass</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">H..R. 4766 this session.
</SPAN></FONT><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></STRONG><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">H.R. 4766
is a House bill that was introduced by</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Representatives Heather Wilson
(R-NM) and Rick Renzi (R-AZ).</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Before
Congress recessed at the end of September, the</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">House of
Representatives passed H.R. 4766 on suspension on a</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">bi-partisan basis. If Senator
Coburn lifts his hold, then the</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Senate can pass the bill on the
unanimous consent calendar</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">when it
re-convenes next week to wrap up its legislative</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">business
for the 109th Congress. </SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Essentially,
</SPAN><FONT size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">H.R. 4766 would provide
assistance to</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">on-going heritage language
restoration efforts</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">through a current authorized
discretionary Native</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">language grant program at the
Administration</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">for Native Americans at the
Department of Health</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">and Human
</SPAN></FONT></STRONG><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Services.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> This bill is
needed to provide a focus</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">on grants
that help </SPAN></STRONG><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">create Native
language fluency as opposed</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">to other
kinds of </SPAN></STRONG><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">language
grants.</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The bill does not create a new
program. </SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Instead,</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">it simply varies the uses of
grant funds in a current</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">program.</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></FONT></STRONG></DIV><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3></FONT></STRONG><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Further,
</SPAN><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">the bill does not alter
English proficiency</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">requirements
</SPAN></FONT></STRONG><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">contained in current law.
</SPAN></FONT></STRONG><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Instead,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">the bill simply provides
additional opportunities to</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">preserve
</SPAN></FONT></STRONG><STRONG
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Native languages. </SPAN><BR
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></FONT></STRONG><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Please find below below a sample
letter to send to Senator</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Coburn. </SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Senator Coburn's office phone
number is (202) 224-5754 and fax</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">number is</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">(202) 224-6008. Please fax a
copy of any letters sent to</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">(202)544-7293 so</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">that NIEA can keep track of
them. </SPAN><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">November________, 2006
</SPAN><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The Honorable Tom Coburn, M.D.
United States Senate</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Washington, D.C. 20510
</SPAN><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Dear Senator Coburn: </SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I am writing to urge your
support for Senate passage during</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">the lame duck session of H.R.
4766. This legislation, which would</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">amend an
existing Federal Native language program to provide a</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">broader
range of language training options, passed the House on</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">the
suspension calendar and is under consideration for passage</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">by
unanimous consent in the Senate. We understand that you</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">have
raised concerns about the bill. </SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Native languages are not spoken
anywhere else in the world;</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">and, if they are not preserved,
then they will disappear forever.</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Unfortunately, Native American
languages are disappearing at</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">an
alarming rate. Language scholars estimate that there were</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">approximately 300 languages
spoken in North America prior to</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">the
arrival of Columbus. Some project that only 20 indigenous</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">languages will remain viable by
the year 2050. </SPAN><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">H.R. 4766 would help to preserve
Native languages by allowing</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">for increased opportunities for
students, both young and old</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">and
Native and non-Native, to learn a Native language. The</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">federal
government should support the preservation of Native</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">languages. After all, Native
languages are one of the</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">treasures of this country's
heritage and history. Native</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">American languages have
contributed to the rich fabric of</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">what
makes our country so great. For example, many states,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">cities,
towns, streets, rivers, and other geographical places in</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">our
country are Native words. It would be a shame to continue</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">to lose
the languages from where these words are derived. </SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Also, another reason that the
federal government should play a</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">role in preserving Native
languages is due to the federal</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">government's much-criticized
assimilation policies in the 1950's and</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">1960's, which is one of the main
reasons that Native American</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">languages
are dying out. During that time, the federal government</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">followed
a policy to eradicate Native languages by harshly forbidding</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">the
speaking of Native languages at Bureau of Indian Affairs schools.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The
architect of this policy summed up the policy as "Kill the Indian</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">. . . and
save the man." Now these children are adults and have not</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">taught
their children their Native languages, given their experiences</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">at these
schools. </SPAN><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">It is well-proven that
individuals who participate in programs</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">such as those provided for in
H.R. 4766 realize many positive gains from</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">learning a new language.
Further, in learning a Native language, these</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">individuals learn about the
history of the community in which they live and gain</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">a better appreciation for it.
</SPAN><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">I urge you to work for quick
passage of this legislation in the lame duck</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">session of the 109th
Congress.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Thank you
for your consideration of this request. </SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Sincerely, </SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Your Name</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">------- End forwarded message
-------</SPAN><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Richard
A. Grounds, Ph.D. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT size=1><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Yakoke
(Thank You!),</SPAN><BR style="FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Cindy
Martin, TICAR V.P.</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> </SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Never cease in the fight for
peace, justice, and equality for all people. Be persistent in all that
you do and don't allow anyone to sway you from your conscience.</SPAN><BR
style="FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Leonard Peltier -
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class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"></SPAN> </DIV>
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