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Betty McCollum: “The tribes would petition to do that, because you need significant numbers of elders who can talk and speak the…”

On the recordApril 6, 2014
The tribes would petition to do that, because you need significant numbers of elders who can talk and speak the language.
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Betty McCollum
Democratic · Minnesota

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McCollum discusses the importance of tribal input in language immersion schools.

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