University of New Mexico Navajo Reading Study Records 1940-1979 1969-1975

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University of New Mexico Navajo Reading Study Records 1940-1979 1969-1975

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The Navajo Reading Study was conducted by the University of New Mexico and supported by grants from the Ford Foundation and contracts with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the U.S. Office of Education. The purpose of the study was to investigate the feasibility and effect of teaching Navajo children to read their own language before learning to read English.

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