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  • WA schools want more students to be bilingual; is that goal possible?

    December 27, 2022 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, SeaTac, Washington

    Dual-language programs, which offer instruction in both English and a second language for subjects such as science, math, and social studies, improve English acquisition while allowing multilingual students to stay connected to their culture. In one Washington school district, most dual-language students outperformed non-dual-language students on state language arts exams.

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  • A Taste of Home: How Ethnic Grocery Stores Create Community

    December 22, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    Ethnic grocery stores create a sense of community for immigrant communities and improve food security by providing affordable, culturally relevant foods.

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  • Two-Spirit youth gift-giving project demonstrates the power of community care

    December 21, 2022 |

    Xtra |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Gifts for Two-Spirit Youth solicits a wide variety of donations from around the world to create personalized gifts for Two-Spirit youth who might feel lonely or alienated during the holiday season.

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  • UNICEF plans big expansion of program to educate Rohingya children in Bangladesh

    December 16, 2022 |

    BenarNews |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    The Myanmar Curriculum pilot project allows Rohingya children living in Bangladeshi refugee camps to be educated with the curriculum and language of their native country. The aim to make an eventual return to their home country easier. So far, 200,000 children have been enrolled, mostly in grades 1 through 4. UNICEF plans to scale the program to cover all 410,000 school-age children in the camps.

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  • Restoring Watersheds, and Hope, After New Mexico's Record-Breaking Wildfires

    December 15, 2022 |

    Inside Climate News |

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    Response Location: Santa Clara Native Reservation, United States, Gallinas, New Mexico

    After fires and floods, the tribe of the Santa Clara Pueblo is restoring Santa Clara Canyon using traditional ecological knowledge to design mitigation and replanting methods using burned trees and strategic seeding. Now, they are sharing that knowledge at other locations needing restoration.

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  • Treating Farmworkers on Their Terms

    December 13, 2022 |

    Capital & Main |

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    Response Location: United States, Salinas, California

    Community health clinics provide a space for indigenous people to access both traditional and nontraditional medicine as there’s a significant disconnect between indigenous communities and modern healthcare institutions. These community clinics increase healthcare access for indigenous communities and present care in an easily accessible way by taking language and cultural barriers into consideration.

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  • Can An Ancient Indian Mixed Farming System Help Our Farmers Sustain Better?

    December 07, 2022 |

    Earth Solutions Network |

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    Response Location: India, Uttarakhand

    Residents of Uttarakhand, India, practice the Barahanaja farming system to deal with the lack of rain and irrigation systems. This practice involves mixed cropping of 12 or more crops throughout the year that are interdependent to support one another and have high nutritional value.

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  • 'We felt accomplished': Dillingham students celebrate name change for local creek

    December 07, 2022 |

    KDLG |

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    Response Location: United States, Dillingham, Alaska

    Three students in Dillingham, Alaska launched a campaign to change the name of a local creek that included a slur against Indigenous women. After researching the issue and making presentations to school committees, tribal organizations, and conference attendees, they were successful in helping to get the name changed.

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  • Fiddler Dennis Stroughmatt saves a French dialect – and culture

    December 05, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Old Mines, Missouri

    Fiddler Dennis Stroughmatt plays French Creole music, sings, and speaks in Missouri French to raise awareness about the language and culture no longer widely practiced in the region.

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  • California Seeks Native American Help After Years of Environmental Abuse

    December 05, 2022 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: Big Pine Paiute, United States, Owens Valley, California

    California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) works with local indigenous people to discuss indicators of climate change and how best to mitigate it. The office crafts reports with input from more than 40 tribes in the state to ensure officials are responding to climate change in the most effective ways, using indigenous knowledge and voices to help lead their efforts.

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