Humanities endowment to partner with Native nonprofit to promote language immersion education

The Barnes Committee Room erupts in applause after an Alaska House committee advanced legislation that would make 20 Alaska Native languages official state languages on on Feb. 18, 2014. (Photo by Kyle Schmitz/360 North)
A federal humanities advocate and a Native nonprofit are teaming up to promote Native language education programs. They’ll each contribute about $2 million to fund education programs within tribal communities aimed at revitalizing Native American languages.
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