Indian Affairs Committee holds hearing on Native language & culture-based education (fwd link)

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Indian Affairs Committee holds hearing on Native language &
culture-based education

by: USA Senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka | May 26th, 2011
Canada

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii), Chairman
of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, held an oversight hearing
today examining the current trends and achievements in Native language
and culture-based education.  The hearing, In Our Way:  Expanding the
Success of Native Language and Culture-Based Education, highlighted
efforts to meet student and Native community needs through education
and addressed recommendations for the reauthorization of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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