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  2. Native American Languages Act of 1990 - Wikipedia

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    The Native American Languages Act of 1990 (NALA) is a US statute that gives historical importance as repudiating past policies of eradicating indigenous languages of the Americas [clarification needed] by declaring as policy that Native Americans were entitled to use their own languages. The fundamental basis of the policy's declaration was ...

  3. Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act

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    The Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act funds programs that work "to preserve Native American languages." [1] It is named for Esther Martinez, a teacher and storyteller who lived to be 94 years old, and was nationally known for her dedication to preserving the Tewa language.

  4. Indigenous Language Institute - Wikipedia

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    The Indigenous Language Institute (ILI) is a nonprofit organization that works to preserve and pass on language traditions within indigenous groups located in North America. The organization was founded in 1992 as the Preservation of Original Languages of the Americas (IPOLA), and it has since worked closely with various indigenous peoples ...

  5. New app aims to keep Indigenous language alive - AOL

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    There were some 300 Native languages spoken when Europeans arrived to what is now America, but it's estimated only about 167 are still around today.

  6. Lummi Nation among 20 entities to earn three-year BIA ... - AOL

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    This year’s funding is intended for projects that provide an “all-of-community” language program. Lummi Nation among 20 entities to earn three-year BIA language preservation grant Skip to ...

  7. Lakota elders helped a white man preserve their language ...

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    Wilhelm Meya and the Lakota Language Consortium pledged to preserve a Native American language. Their work set off a battle that led the Standing Rock Sioux to banish them.

  8. Language preservation - Wikipedia

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    New technologies such as podcasts can be used to preserve the spoken versions of languages, and written documents can preserve information about the native literature and linguistics of languages. The international internet provider VeriSign estimates that 65-70% of all internet content is in English.

  9. 'Our language identifies who we are': Determined to preserve ...

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    Nov. 4—WELLPINIT — Marsha Wynecoop was 7 years old when she heard the most beautiful sound. Nestled between her grandparents, she listened uncomprehendingly to the two exchange words in ...