Language Is Life

[Andre Cramblit]

http://www.kpua.net/news.php?id=8134

Akaka introduces Native American Language bill

By Associated Press

HONOLULU (AP) _ Hawaii Senator Daniel Akaka introduced the Native  
American Language Amendments Act Friday.

He says it will help ensure that families across the country are  
never forced to relinquish their language or culture.

Under his bill, the Secretary of Education would provide funds for  
the establishment of Native American language nests and language  
survival school programs. A nest is a language immersion program for  
the youngest members of a native population.

The bill would also provide nests and survival schools with  
alternative methods of achieving national education standards.

Senator Daniel Inouye is cosponsoring the measure. He says language  
is the heart of all cultures, and when a language withers, so, too,  
does its culture.

(Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

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