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Show At SUSC Study of Navajos scheduled Navajo culture and language will be the subject of a seminar being sponsored spon-sored July 10-11 by the Southern Utah State College Multi-Cultural Center. During the workshop, participants will be provided with a general knowledge of Navajo language structure along with a brief overview of Navajo history, contemporary con-temporary life, religion, art and ethnobotany. The workshop is free to all participants. It is being held prior to the beginning of a special summer session in Navajo 101, an elementary course in conversation and written language, which will be taught at SUSC July 14-August 14-August 8. Irene B. Jones, Navajo instructor at SUSC, will coordinate the two-day seminar and will teach the class in elementary Navajo. This is the fourth quarter that Mrs. Jones has taught the Navajo language at SUSC. According to a Multi-Cultural Multi-Cultural Center spokesperson, the seminar has been planned for those involved in the helping professions, education, anthropology, and for students, foster parents, and community members who are interested in Indian Culture. A special section will deal with the teaching of bilingual children and helps for teaching Indian units in the elementary curriculum. The language course is designed especially for non-Navajo non-Navajo speaking students in the social sciences, anthropology, an-thropology, education, and for native-speakers who lack Navajo literacy. There will be no charge for the Navajo language and culture seminar which will be held from 9 a.m. -noon, 1-3 p.m., each day in the Old Administration Building, room 204. Regular summer school fees will be charged for the five-hour elementary language course. Persons planning to enroll in elementary Navajo are encouraged to attend the two-day seminar, the spokesperson said. Information about both the seminar and the language course can be obtained by contacting the Multi-Cultural Multi-Cultural Center, 586-4411, |