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Eisenhower Elementary School’s studies help preserve American Indian languages
Children study to preserve American Indian languages
BY JAMES S. TYREE
April 6, 2010

Niigan Sunray, a third-grader at Eisenhower Elementary School, said she practiced 10 months to tell the story of "Tobi Ofi,” or white dog, in the dialect called Alabama Six-towns Choctaw.

Niigan is one of 636 children of all ages registered for the two-day Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

Read more: http://www.newsok.com/eisenhower-elementary-schools-studies-help-preserve-american-indian-languages/article/3451661?#ixzz0lVnbzn00
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