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- To promote literacy programs among the people of the Carrier Nation.
- To produce literacy materials such as primers, readers, workbooks, teacher's guides, supplements, visual aids, maps songs, dictionaries, histories, legends, culture.
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- To publish whenever funds are available, as much literature as possible, in the Carrier language.
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References
- ↑ "Nak'azdli First Nation". Stuart Nechako Region website. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008.
- ↑ "Nak'azdli Band". Carrier Sekani Tribal Council (CTSC). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011.
