<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Preservation of Osage Languages and Customs: A Plea for Government Support</dc:title><dc:date>1971-04-15</dc:date><dc:creator>unknown</dc:creator><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:identifier>http://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_026_1_235_15_074</dc:identifier><dc:description>A letter written to Senator Fred R. Harris from Charles A. Taylon in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, requesting government funding to help preserve the Osage language and culture. Taylon explains that a small group of Osage Indians are learning the language with limited resources and support, and expresses a need for a school to teach young people about Osage culture. Taylon also mentions the importance of preserving other aspects of Osage traditions before they are lost forever.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>