Indian language textbook becomes part of state's education mission (fwd link)

[Regina Siquieros]

Dear Phil:

Please change my email address on your listserv to: rsiquieros at tocc.cc.az.us
I'm hoping I can still get the ILAT news. It's good information.

I am no longer at the university. I’ve secured a position at our Tohono
O'odham Community College (TOCC). This is my second week on the job. My first
week was spent in Lawrence, Kansas serving as TOCC’s representative at the
Tribal Colleges Forum.

Hope all is well with you. Give my regards to Alyce.

My appreciation,

Gina

Tohono O'odham Studies Instructor

Tohono O'odham Community College

Quoting phil cash cash <cashcash at email.arizona.edu>:

> Indian language textbook becomes part of state's education mission
>
> Posted: August 19, 2008
> by: Rob Capriccioso
>
> SANTA FE, N.M. - 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.
>
> Access full article below:
> http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096417985