04/03/2017
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"It does not really address the needs of Native children."
"I am struck, Dr. Boham, by a phrase you used earlier in the hearing, strengthen identity."
"Part of the reason for immersion schools and culturally grounded education is exactly what you discussed but the other part is self determination."
"Last year, Senators Schatz, Murkowski, Sullivan and I introduced an amendment which was subsequently enacted into public law to study the benefits of Native American language immersion education."