CURRENT EVENT | MAY 15, 2015

Schools Bring Back Native American Languages

The state of Montana is adopting a new approach to maintaining and reviving Native American languages in the state. The state’s new policy, to partially fund native language immersion in public schools, is very different from previous efforts to get rid of Native American language and culture through government boarding schools. Listen to learn more about the policies of the past and present, and why Native Americans in Montana feel strongly about passing their language on to the next generation.

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What was one of Malala Yousafzai’s first experiences with the dangers of religious extremism?
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