Oklahoma Schools Push to Keep Native Languages Alive (fwd link)

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*Oklahoma Schools Push to Keep Native Languages Alive*

LYNN ARMITAGE
December 06, 2012

On September 13, the U.S. House and Senate introduced bipartisan
legislation to continue funding that will help keep Native American
languages alive and spoken throughout our country’s tribal communities. The
Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act, first funded in
2008 and set to expire at the end of this year, has funneled more than $50
million into tribal language programs.

Impassioned sponsors of the bill understand the crisis facing Native
American languages today. Many languages are endangered and could very well
disappear in the next decade if something isn’t done to pass them on to
younger generations.

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http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/oklahoma-schools-push-keep-native-languages-alive-146133
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