Native American Languages Could Count For Class Credit (fwd link)

[Linn, Mary S.]

Marnie,

If you are keeping track of all these, could you send out a full list or summary to all of us sometime?  It would be really nice to have this information available. Thanks for asking!

Mary

Mary S. Linn
Associate Curator, Native American Languages
Associate Professor, Linguistic Anthropology
Adjunct Associate Professor, Native American Studies

Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
University of Oklahoma
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He'ba'lo' All,

I know this is happening at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.  Sahaptin is taught (http://wla.uoregon.edu/sahaptin.html) as a regular course and Lushootseed and Tolowa Dee-ni' are taught as Self-study language classes.  All three are offered through the World Languages Academy.  At this time, Sahaptin does qualify for the "foreign language" (can you hear the sarcasm as I type?) requirement for undergraduates.

Further, the Yurok language has been offered at Humboldt State University in the past.  However, I'm not sure if it qualifies for satisfying the "foreign language" requirement.  Maybe someone else knows?

Does anyone know of other K-12, colleges, or universities that offer Native American languages that satisfy the "foreign language" requirement for students?  If so, please share.

Čawokš,
Marnie




On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Phillip E Cash Cash <cashcash at email.arizona.edu<mailto:cashcash at email.arizona.edu>> wrote:
Native American Languages Could Count For Class Credit

By Carol Berry January 19, 2012
USA

Goodbye, French and German. Hello, Dine, Lakota and other Native
American languages—with some qualifications.

Under a proposed new program in Colorado, European and Asian tongues
would remain options for foreign language credit in high school, but
Native languages from federally recognized tribes could also be
offered for that purpose.

The plan is described in a bill filed January 13 for submission to the
Colorado General Assembly by Sen. Suzanne Williams (D-Aurora), a
member of the Comanche Nation, and co-sponsor Sen. J. Paul Brown
(R-Ignacio).

Access full article below:
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/19/native-american-languages-could-count-for-class-credit-73223

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