Our View: Hi-Line darts and laurels

Laurel — The Montana Legislature has given final approval to a proposal to help preserve Montana’s Native languages. Gov, Steve Bullock is almost certain to sign it. Sponsored by Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, the bill would help school districts create language immersion programs whereby students would spend at least half of their day in classes spoken in Native languages. Locally, that would almost certainly be in Cree. Native languages are dying out, and Windy Boy’s bill will hopefully stop that trend. Young people have shown an interest in learning to speak the language of their anc...