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Native language fluency enhances academic success
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Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
08-23-2000
Native language fluency enhances academic success
By Brian Stockes
TODAY STAFF WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fluency in American Indian or Indigenous languages may
improve the general academic success of Indian youth, witnesses told the
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. However, they said, such fluency is in
decline.
"Over half of our languages are still with us after...
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