Obama signs Executive Order on languages

[Margaret Florey]

Dear RNLDers,

President Obama has signed an Executive Order on Improving American Indian
and Alaska Native Educational Opportunities and Strengthening Tribal
Colleges and Universities. The Order notes that "many Native languages are
on the verge of extinction" and states that "my Administration will ...
help ensure that American Indian and Alaska Native students have an
opportunity to learn their Native languages and histories".

Here is a link to the White House press
release<http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/12/02/executive-order-improving-american-indian-and-alaska-native-educational->and
an article in Indian
Country Today<http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/12/05/obama-signs-executive-order-on-education-and-tribal-colleges-65644>
.

Congratulations to all those who have lobbied so strongly for this Order to
be signed, including the LSA's Committee on Endangered Languages and their
Preservation <http://www.lsadc.org/info/lsa-comm-endanger.cfm> (CELP).

kind regards,
Margaret

-- 
Dr Margaret Florey
Co-Director and Senior Linguist
Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity

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