Language preservation helps American Indian students stick with college (fwd link)

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Language preservation helps American Indian students stick with college

By Marisa Agha
Special to The Bee
Published: Sunday, Mar. 18, 2012 - 12:00 am

PAUMA VALLEY – Michael Murphy was a self-described "troublemaker" who
wasn't sure about leaving the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians' reservation
for college. He filled out only one application, to nearby California State
University, San Marcos.

Murphy, now a sophomore and chairman of the American Indian Student
Alliance on that campus, credits the student group with helping him feel
welcome and making him want to stay in college.

"I would've dropped out the first semester" without that connection, said
Murphy, a 20-year-old business major who plans to run for his tribe's
council some day.

Read more here:
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/18/4346500/language-preservation-helps-american.html#storylink=cpy
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