Native American Language Programs
Institutional Characteristics
Historically underserved learners
Languages
Type of Program
Type of Learners
School accreditation
Location of School - State
Location of School - City
Type of geographic area where school is located
Grade levels taught at your school
Title - 1 school
Study of second language required
Free and reduced lunch eligible students
Recruitment of groups of historically underserved learners
Percent of students speaking language upon entry
Improve Access for All Learners in More Languages
Language of Instruction
Instruction Methodologies
Language of academic assessment
Other languages taught
Cultural integration a factor
Type of activities in language courses
Role of elders in in your program
Laws that allow elders to be teachers
Processes to grant certification and licensure
Role of families in language learning
Role of First language speakers in the program
Program components
Strategies to recruit students to language programs
Strategies for student retention
Obstacles to enrollment
Increase EXCELLENCE by effectively meeting all learner need
Publish description of program goals and requirements
Publicize efforts to increase enrollments
Publicize definition of student success
Federal funding sources
State funding for language program
State Funding for dual language programs
Emphasize in Language Program
Workforce Preparation Activity
Keys to Access and Excellence
Use of target language for all interactions with parents
Use of target language for all interactions with students
Staff are required to have speaking skills in target language
Teachers mirror population of students
Percent of teachers who are native speakers
Offer immersion language learning opportunities
Have partnerships with public, private or non-profit organizations
- The ʻAha Pūnana Leo is a Native Hawaiian family-based program established in 1983 to revitalize Hawaiian beginning with language nests. We also provide support to Hawaiian language education at the K-12, university, and community
- 7000 Languages a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization, established in 2016. The mission is to empower communities around the world teach, learn, and sustain their endangered languages. 7000 Languages has published 48 online
- This program is an Oneida language immersion school. It increases access to Oneida language educational opportunities and allows Oneida students the right to be educated in their inherent and ancestral language, the Oneida
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- Doyon Languages Online is developing and offering online language-learning lessons for the Alaska Native languages of the Doyon region. These lessons are easily accessible for free to all interested learners and teachers. Doyon
- This online Ojibwe course was created by Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia in 2009 in partnership with Transparent Language and 7000 Languages. It features a variety of Ojibwe spoken in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Grassroots
- The 7000 Language's Koasati course was created in 2015 by the Coushatta Tribe. The course includes 3 units, each with 3 lessons. It is designed to teach the essentials of the Koasati language and the Coushatta culture.
- Doyon Languages Online is developing and offering online language-learning lessons for the Alaska Native languages of the Doyon region. These lessons are easily accessible for free to all interested learners and teachers. Doyon
- The mission of the Comanche Nation Language Department is to revitalize and reclaim the Comanche Language and to help our people speak and think in Comanche in our own unique ways. The Comanche Nation Language Department is
- Project GWY is an online learning platform that was created with the help of
volunteers from the Cherokee PINS Project Foundation and Cherokee Nation Council Member
Dr. Julia Coates and former Council Member Mary - The Kansas Kickapoo Tribe is collaborating with 7000 Languages, a non-profit organization, to create online Kickapoo language courses to be used in schools and for the community.