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KPEP Mission:
The Kituwah Preservation and Education Program, provides our
community every opportunity to learn our native language and culture. Our
goal is to rekindle a fluent speaking community by providing language and
culture resources. Every effort is necessary in preserving our memory, our
lifeway and our language. View more...
community every opportunity to learn our native language and culture. Our
goal is to rekindle a fluent speaking community by providing language and
culture resources. Every effort is necessary in preserving our memory, our
lifeway and our language. View more...
Cherokee Language on the Rise
If you would like to view an early draft of the Cherokee Language on the Rise
brochure, please click on the view more link at the end of this paragraph. This
project was funded in part through a grant from the Cherokee Preservation
Foundation. The brochure provides important information about the Kituwah
Language Revitalization Initiative. View more...
brochure, please click on the view more link at the end of this paragraph. This
project was funded in part through a grant from the Cherokee Preservation
Foundation. The brochure provides important information about the Kituwah
Language Revitalization Initiative. View more...
A New Generation of Fluent Speakers
During the summer of '08 KPEP held a 10-day Total Physical Response (TPR) class
with community members from Cherokee and the Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, OK.
Students were partially immersed in the language. This activity along with other
language activities is part of the EBCI's language initiative. The initiative focuses on:
community based language activities, immersion programming and outreach and
networking with our sister tribes in Oklahoma.
with community members from Cherokee and the Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, OK.
Students were partially immersed in the language. This activity along with other
language activities is part of the EBCI's language initiative. The initiative focuses on:
community based language activities, immersion programming and outreach and
networking with our sister tribes in Oklahoma.
APRIL
The immersion
classrooms have been
invited to perform at the
25th Red Clay Anniversary
April 17th at 11:00 a.m.
classrooms have been
invited to perform at the
25th Red Clay Anniversary
April 17th at 11:00 a.m.
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