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\"sisters-reading-book\"\u200b\u200b\u200bAfter almost two years, 7-year-old Lena Montana and her little sister, Alyssa, 5, still carry around their bilingual children\u2019s books filled with striking colors and words in both English and Hualapai.<\/p>\n

The set of five books was given to the Peach Spring girls in 2014 as part of a native language project between the Hualapai Tribe\u2019s Cultural Resources Department and First Things First. The FTF Hualapai Tribe Region<\/a> funded native language preservation strategies in FY15 to give parents and other caregivers in their community tools to promote their children\u2019s language development that are appropriate to their children\u2019s age and culture.<\/p>\n

Research demonstrates the importance of language development to a child\u2019s future academic success. A child\u2019s vocabulary, attention and general knowledge at ages 3 and 4 are good predictors of reading comprehension levels at grades 3 and 4.<\/p>\n

For the sisters, it was the vibrant artwork that first attracted them to the storybooks. For their parents, it was the chance to connect their children to their heritage.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to us for them to know who they are and where they came from,\u201d said the girls\u2019 mother Marie Montana.<\/p>\n

The children\u2019s books were published with a special audio component as read by Tribal Elders living in Peach Springs. The books, illustrated by local artists, cover different themes such as common words and phrases; and, animals and geography. For example, one page contains a drawing of a rabbit sitting in the grass with the words\u00a0Gul-Jack<\/i>\u00a0in Hualapai and rabbit in English.<\/p>\n

In addition to encouraging caregivers to read to children, the books have sparked a community-wide conversation around early learning and the importance of story-telling\/reading in the preservation of the Hualapai language. For the girls and their parents, reading the books turned into a fun family activity to learn how to say common terms such as \u201cuncle\u201d and \u201ccoyote\u201d in Hualapai.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to us that the kids know their background, and seeing it in one of their favorite books helps them relate to that, and they are excited to learn new words at the same time,\u201d Montana said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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