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(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF GRANT PROGRAM.—The 
Secretary shall establish a program to provide eligible enti-
ties with grants for the purpose of assisting Native Ameri-
cans to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Na-
tive American languages. 
(c) USE OF AMOUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may use 
amounts received under this section to carry out ac-
tivities that ensure the survival and continuing vital-
ity of Native American languages, including— 
(A) the establishment and support of com-
munity Native American language projects de-
signed to bring older and younger Native Amer-
icans together to facilitate and encourage the 
transfer of Native American language skills 
from one generation to another; 
(B) the establishment of projects that train 
Native Americans to— 
(i) teach a Native American language 
to others; or 
(ii) serve as interpreters or translators 
of a Native American language; 
(C) the development, printing, and dis-
semination of materials to be used for the 
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teaching and enhancement of a Native Amer-
ican language; 
(D) the establishment or support of a 
project to train Native Americans to produce or 
participate in television or radio programs to be 
broadcast in a Native American language; 
(E) the compilation, transcription, and 
analysis of oral testimony to record and pre-
serve a Native American language; 
(F) the purchase of equipment, including 
audio and video recording equipment, com-
puters, and software, required to carry out a 
Native American language project; and 
(G)(i) the establishment of Native Amer-
ican language nests, which are site-based edu-
cational programs that— 
(I) provide instruction and child care 
through the use of a Native American lan-
guage for at least 10 children under the 
age of 7 for an average of at least 500 
hours per year per student; 
(II) provide classes in a Native Amer-
ican language for parents (or legal guard-
ians) of students enrolled in a Native 
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American language nest (including Native 
American language-speaking parents); and 
(III) ensure that a Native American 
language is the dominant medium of in-
struction in the Native American language 
nest; 
(ii) the establishment of Native American 
language survival schools, which are site-based 
educational programs for school-age students 
that— 
(I) provide an average of at least 500 
hours of instruction through the use of 1 
or more Native American languages for at 
least 15 students for whom a Native Amer-
ican language survival school is the prin-
cipal place of instruction; 
(II) develop instructional courses and 
materials for learning Native American 
languages and for instruction through the 
use of Native American languages; 
(III) provide for teacher training; 
(IV) work toward a goal of all stu-
dents achieving— 
(aa) fluency in a Native Amer-
ican language; and 
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