At the 2024 White House Tribal Nations Summit today, Departments of the Interior, Education and Health and Human Services (HHS) released a 10-year National Plan on Native Language Revitalization, which outlines a comprehensive, government-wide strategy to support the revitalization, protection, preservation and reclamation of Native languages.
  • plinky [he/him]
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    8 days ago

    Oof the sum is noticeable:

    yet it received no dedicated funding for language revitalization until 2017 and annual appropriations have not exceeded $7.5 million for any one budget year in the years since. The plan released today calls for a $16.7 billion investment for Native language revitalization programs for federally recognized Tribes and the Native Hawaiian Community.

    for the doge sickos to axe it sadness-abysmal