Congress calls for action on teaching languages (fwd link)

[Andrew & Tristan Webster]

Hey all:

Here is the link to the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples (the Congress) website and full submission:

http://nationalcongress.com.au/jan-26th-opportunity-to-protect-real-australian-legacy/

and a link to another article on the submission:
http://www.ourlanguages.net.au/news/northern-territory/item/458-writing-on-wall-for-remote-tongues.html


I am coming to Hawaii and to Oregon in June/July 2012, will be interested to have a few meetings with language and Indigenous Governance people people whilst there.  Phil I will contact you about it!  

Tristan Tipps
National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
Tristan.tipps at nationalcongress.com.au

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Subject: [ILAT] Congress calls for action on teaching languages (fwd link)

Congress calls for action on teaching languages

AUS

The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples has said a national
bilingual syllabus was urgently needed in schools in Aboriginal
communities to slow the rapid decline of Indigenous languages.

Access full article below:
http://www.nit.com.au/news/532-congress-calls-for-action-on-teaching-languages.html

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Note: the above link is a dead end.  Maybe somebody here can post a
better news article link.  Thanks.