House committee to hold field hearing on languages

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House committee to hold field hearing on languages
Wednesday, August 30, 2006

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The House Committee on Education & the Workforce is holding a field hearing
on Native languages in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Thursday.
The Recovery and Preservation of Native American Languages hearing takes
place at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center. It will be chaired by Rep.
Howard P.
"Buck" McKeon (R-California)"B
Other members of the committee, including Rep. Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) and
Rep. Heather Wilson (R-New Mexico) are scheduled to attend.
The committee will take testimony from the following witnesses:

Dr. Carol Cornelius, Program Director, Oneida Language Revitalization
Program, Wisconsin

Sam Montoya, Language & Cultural Resources Administrator, Pueblo of Sandia
Amadeo Shije, Chairman, All Indian Pueblos Council
Dr. Christine Sims, Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico
Kimberly Tabahe, Student, Window Rock High School
Ryan Wilson, President, National Indian Education Association
The hearing starts at 2:30pm. The IPCC is located at 2401 12th Street NW.
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