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Lisa Murkowski: “To think that through these grants we are achieving outcomes like we are seeing Ms. Hummingbird articulate here, it is…”

On the recordAugust 21, 2018
To think that through these grants we are achieving outcomes like we are seeing Ms. Hummingbird articulate here, it is not just, again, about keeping a language alive; it is a culture, it is an identity, it is a purpose, a sense of self, and that, to me, is priceless.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Murkowski emphasizes the cultural significance of language immersion programs funded by grants.

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