Language Plan and Tribal Efforts Praised (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Language Plan and Tribal Efforts Praised

By Carol Berry March 9, 2012
USA

The bipartisan Native American Caucus of State Legislatures in Colorado has
given its support to a bill that would promote Native language learning in
the state’s public schools by employing people fluent in languages of
federally-recognized tribal nations.

There was discussion of the bill in a caucus meeting March 7 convened by
the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs (CCIA). Members also proposed
formal recognition for the economic and other achievements of Colorado’s
two tribal nations, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and Ute Mountain Ute
Tribe.

The Native language proposal was first introduced by Sen. Suzanne Williams
(D-Aurora), a member of the Comanche Nation, to allow the language-speakers
to teach under the supervision of qualified instructors and to receive a
waiver from the Colorado Department of Education to exempt them from formal
certification.

Read more:
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/09/language-plan-and-tribal-efforts-praised-101960
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/03/09/language-plan-and-tribal-efforts-praised-101960#ixzz1oe8uuO00
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