Tribal college president to talk on Native languages (fwd link)

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Tribal college president to talk on Native languages
UM Native language teachers anticipate helpful advice

By Tom Holm
Published: Thursday, September 15, 2011
USA

Richard Littlebear and others are fighting an uphill battle. It's a
struggle against traditional English curriculum — an effort to
preserve the stories of Native American cultures.

Littlebear, a Cheyenne speaker and president of Chief Dull Knife
College, said Native languages are important conversational tools and
can teach about traditional tribal life. He will be visiting the
University of Montana Thursday to speak about the struggles of finding
ways to teach in a dual-language context, the historical importance of
preserving native languages and the necessity of bilingualism.

"One of the obstacles to teaching Native languages are parents who may
have bought into thinking that English is the only way," he said.

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