[NIFL-ESL:8430] Re: grant money

From: Sylvan Rainwater (sylvan@cccchs.org)
Date: Tue Jan 07 2003 - 15:29:39 EST


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At 10:10 AM 01/06/2003 -0500, mev@litwomen.org wrote:
>I got this from the Chronicle of Higher Education...
>and for my 2 cents -- Conversely, I wonder if ever a grant would be
>available for First Nations people to learn the use of their own
>languages -- many of which are becoming extinct as elders pass on!

Given the trend dissing bilingual education, I would be surprised. There 
are a few scattered efforts out there, but not enough. Native Language 
Literacy programs would be really helpful, but are generally unavailable.


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Sylvan Rainwater  .  sylvan@cccchs.org
Clackamas County Children's Commission
Oregon City, OR USA



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