Walapai and computers/education

Grosvenor Pollard (uahebp01@asnuah.asn.net)
Tue, 5 May 1992 08:36:00 CST

On Monday, April 27, I chanced to hear part of a report on NPR
(noon, Central Daylight Time) on recent changes on the Walapai Reservation
in northwestern Arizona. According to the report, the tribal council has
set up a computer lab and are teaching their young people to use and *repair*
the computers. I wonder if they have an e-mail address. Until ten years ago,
none of the teachers at the Indian school on the reservation spoke Walapai.
This was a serious problem, since most Walapai speak this Yuman language at
home, and few children come to the first or second grades speaking English.
All 16 teachers are now bilingual, or have aides who are. Does anyone on
this list have more information? Sounds like exciting things are happening
on the Walapai Reservation.

Grosvenor Pollard, via Elizabeth Pollard

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