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From http://badgerherald.com/news/2009/03/02/doyle_plan_would_giv.php

Doyle plan would give $250K to preserve Indian languages
Governor hopes to keep culture alive, GOP has concerns
by Alicia Yager
March 2, 2009

As part of his budget proposal, Gov. Jim Doyle set aside $250,000 a year to help the state’s Native American tribes preserve their endangered languages.

The funding will go toward an existent competitive grant program for school districts and cooperative educational service agencies who work with tribal education authorities to support instruction in Native American languages, according to Doyle spokesperson Lee Sensenbrenner.

“This [program] is something unique to Wisconsin that the governor saw an opportunity to protect and save,” Sensenbrenner said.

Read the entire article at http://badgerherald.com/news/2009/03/02/doyle_plan_would_giv.php .
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