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NEWS: House Minority Praises the Signing of a Bill Designating 20 Alaska Native Languages as Official State Languages

NEWS: House Minority Praises the Signing of a Bill Designating 20 Alaska Native Languages as Official State Languages

  • By admin
  • October 23, 2014October 23, 2014
  • Bills Event Press Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
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Anchorage – The Native languages of Alaska’s indigenous people became official languages of the State of Alaska on Thursday during a bill signing ceremony held in conjunction with the 2014 Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Convention in Anchorage. Passage of the bill was a priority of the members Alaska House Minority Caucus and Alaska Native people from across the state. The prime sponsor of the bill was District 34 State Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D-Sitka). The Sitka Democrat spoke during Thursday’s signing ceremony.

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NEWS: Legislature Makes Alaska Native Languages Official State Languages

NEWS: Legislature Makes Alaska Native Languages Official State Languages

  • By admin
  • April 21, 2014April 29, 2014
  • Press Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
  • alaska nativealaskansbillcelebrationgovernorHB216native languagepresssoutheast

JUNEAU – Just after 3:00 a.m. this morning, the Alaska Legislature approved legislation (HB 216) making each of the Native languages in Alaska an official language of the state. The Alaska Senate voted 18-2 to approve the measure today in front of dozens of supporters. A spontaneous grassroots sit-in involving well over 100 people started at noon in the Capitol and lasted until 3 a.m. The measure has had tremendous public support throughout the process, including rare applause from supporters in both the Senate and House galleries and impromptu celebrations in the Capitol hallways as the bill moved through the committee process.

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NEWS: House Passes Bi-partisan Bill to Make Alaska Native Languages Official State Languages

NEWS: House Passes Bi-partisan Bill to Make Alaska Native Languages Official State Languages

  • By admin
  • April 16, 2014April 16, 2014
  • Press Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
  • bi-partisanbillbills on the moveHB216native languagepress

Today, the Alaska state House of Representatives voted to make each of the Native languages in Alaska an official language of the state. Supporters of the legislation in the House galleries broke into applause upon passage of the legislation (HB 216).

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