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Eisenhower Elementary School’s studies help preserve American Indian languages

 
BY JAMES S. TYREE    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: April 6, 2010

NORMAN — Niigan Sunray, a third-grader at Eisenhower Elementary School, said she practiced 10 months to tell the story of "Tobi Ofi,” or white dog, in the dialect called Alabama Six-towns Choctaw.

photo - Second-graders from the Cherokee Nation Immersion School in Tahlequah compete in the Small Group Spoken Language competition.
Second-graders from the Cherokee Nation Immersion School in Tahlequah compete in the Small Group Spoken Language competition.

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