New Mexico: Indian language textbook becomes part of state's education mission

[Francis Hult]

Indian Country

 

Indian language textbook becomes part of state's education mission

 

Long-talked-about efforts to infuse Native culture and language learning in the public education system have resulted in action in New Mexico. 

A textbook co-authored by Evangeline Parsons Yazzie, a Navajo professor at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, has been selected by the state's education department as a high-quality resource that will soon be made available to all school districts in the state. 

State officials believe that New Mexico is the first state to adopt a Navajo textbook for use in the American public education system. 

So far, officials from 10 districts have already signed on to have teachers in their systems use the book and its companion teaching guide. BIA schools are also eligible to review the text and decide whether to use it starting in the 2009-10 school year.

 

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