Post by Okwes on Sept 6, 2006 17:44:27 GMT -5
Preserving native languages explored
www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060901-125052-8492r
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A congressional hearing in New
Mexico has learned recovery and preservation of their native languages
is one the highest priorities of American Indians.
Some 200 people turned out Thursday at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
for a field hearing by the House Committee on Education and the
Workforce on ways of preserving American Indian languages, the
Albuquerque Journal reports.
In an effort to explain why the languages are dying out, Carol Cornelius
of Oneida, Wis., told the panel that as a young girl she was encouraged
to only speak English in order to avoid discrimination.
Committee Chairman Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., says
estimates are that by the year 2050 only 20 indigenous languages will
remain viable.
Last February, a bill was introduced in the House to establish learning
"nests" and "language survival schools" in an attempt to preserve native
American languages.
www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060901-125052-8492r
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A congressional hearing in New
Mexico has learned recovery and preservation of their native languages
is one the highest priorities of American Indians.
Some 200 people turned out Thursday at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
for a field hearing by the House Committee on Education and the
Workforce on ways of preserving American Indian languages, the
Albuquerque Journal reports.
In an effort to explain why the languages are dying out, Carol Cornelius
of Oneida, Wis., told the panel that as a young girl she was encouraged
to only speak English in order to avoid discrimination.
Committee Chairman Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, R-Calif., says
estimates are that by the year 2050 only 20 indigenous languages will
remain viable.
Last February, a bill was introduced in the House to establish learning
"nests" and "language survival schools" in an attempt to preserve native
American languages.