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Direct linkFrances Benavidez – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2024
For decades, the O'odham language has been in decline. But like many tribal nations, the Tohono O'odham are working to reclaim their language. Located on the campus of Tohono O'odham Community College (TOCC), the center was founded in 2020 and is for all O'odham, including those from other O'odham speaking nations. Creating opportunities where the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Tribally Controlled Education, Native Language, Native Language Instruction
Michelle Goose – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2024
Working to learn a language both contributes to language revitalization and teaches learners about themselves, thus developing a sense of mental and spiritual well-being associated with learning the learners' ancestral language. In addition, on an institutional level, those who contribute to language revitalization and hold space for the language…
Descriptors: Tribally Controlled Education, American Indian Education, Language Maintenance, Community Colleges
Erdrich, Persia – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2013
Ojibwemotaadidaa Omaa Gidakiiminaang (let's speak Ojibwe to one another here on our Earth) is an Ojibwe language immersion program funded by Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC, Cloquet, MN) and with grants from the State of Minnesota. With a development team that included FDLTCC President Larry Anderson, among others, participants…
Descriptors: Tribally Controlled Education, Immersion Programs, Expertise, Integrity
Rodriguez, Olga – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Due in large part to their open access and affordability, community colleges have long played a central role in providing students with immigrant backgrounds who are English language learners (ELLs) with access to postsecondary education. Researchers have noted that English as a second language (ESL) courses have been the primary form of support…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language), Community Colleges, Mixed Methods Research
Austin, Brenda – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2008
Why would anyone want to spend thousands of hours away from home and pay hundreds of dollars in tuition to acquire one of the world's most difficult languages? For Anishinaabe people, that is an easy question to answer. The Ojibwe language is the thread that ties communities together and unites all Anishinaabe as one people sharing a common…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Foreign Countries, American Indian Languages, American Indians
Wassegijig Price, Michael – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2005
Focuses on the Sisseton Wahpeton Community College, a "tribal college" of the Dakota Indians in Sisseton, South Dakota. Comments from college president William Harjo LoneFight regarding the philosophy of the institution and its integration of the Dakota language and tribal cultural values. Looks at various programs and institutions that…
Descriptors: Values, Tribally Controlled Education, College Presidents, American Indian Languages
