Native American Languages Could Count For Class Credit (fwd link)

[Linn, Mary S.]

Here is some information for Oklahoma Universities:

The University of Oklahoma offers 5 Native languages: Kiowa 1-3; Choctaw 1-3; Cherokee 1-3; Creek/Seminole 1-4; and Cheyenne 1-2. All of these fulfill foreign language credit and, with the exception of Cheyenne, fulfill all the different college requirements by having three semesters.

Northeastern State in Tahlequah offers two undergraduate majors: Cherokee Cultural Studies (B.A.) and Cherokee  Education (B.A.Ed). They offer up to advanced Cherokee language and Cherokee linguistics. You can be state certified in Cherokee Language instruction.

Southeastern State in Durant offers Choctaw 1-4 and 2 levels of Conversational Choctaw.

Comanche Nation College in Lawton offers Comanche 1-2 and Kiowa 1-2.

Muscogee Nation College offers Mvskoke 1-2 plus Conversational Mvskoke; they have a specialization in Mvskoke Language which includes literacy courses as well.

Pawnee Nation College offers Pawnee 1-3.



The Oklahoma State Department of Education has allowed Native languages to fulfill the the 'foreign' language requirement since the early 1990's. To better accommodate this, they changed the name of the requirement to World Languages, and I think they should be applauded for that!  Currently, or recently, languages that are in the public schools that count for World Language credits include Comanche, Kiowa, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cheyenne, Pawnee, Cherokee, Ponca, Osage. If I missed any, I apologize.



Mary S. Linn
Associate Curator, Native American Languages
Associate Professor, Linguistic Anthropology
Adjunct Associate Professor, Native American Studies

Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
University of Oklahoma
2401 Chautauqua Avenue
Norman, OK 73072
405-325-7588 (voice)
405-325-7699 (fax)

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From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] on behalf of Natasha L Warner [nwarner at U.ARIZONA.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 4:52 PM
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: Re: [ILAT] Native American Languages Could Count For Class Credit (fwd link)

Hi,

someone may have said this and I missed it.  University of Arizona has
classes in Navajo (2 years of it), Tohono O'odham, and at least used to
have classes in Hopi.  U of A people, did I miss any languages on this?
I apologize very much if I did--I can't get our new course catalog web
page to work in order to check.

All of those count for the language requirement.  The language requirement
is called the "second language" requirement, not a "foreign language
requirement."  If someone's first language is Navajo and their second
language is English, they would still be in the strange position of using
their first language to fulfil their "second language" requirement, but it
wouldn't be called "foreign."  Also, we test students for language
proficiency in a great many languages that aren't taught at the
university, so if a student is already proficient in any Native American
language, they could test in that for their language requirement.

Thanks,
Natasha

On Thu, 19 Jan 2012, Marnie Atkins wrote:

> He'ba'lo' All,
>
> I know this is happening at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.
>  Sahaptin is taught (http://wla.uoregon.edu/sahaptin.html) as a regular
> course and Lushootseed and Tolowa Dee-ni' are taught as Self-study language
> classes.  All three are offered through the World Languages Academy.  At
> this time, Sahaptin does qualify for the "foreign language" (can you hear
> the sarcasm as I type?) requirement for undergraduates.
>
> Further, the Yurok language has been offered at Humboldt State University
> in the past.  However, I'm not sure if it qualifies for satisfying the
> "foreign language" requirement.  Maybe someone else knows?
>
> Does anyone know of other K-12, colleges, or universities that offer Native
> American languages that satisfy the "foreign language" requirement for
> students?  If so, please share.
>
> Čawokš,
> Marnie
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Phillip E Cash Cash <
> cashcash at email.arizona.edu> wrote:
>
> > Native American Languages Could Count For Class Credit
> >
> > By Carol Berry January 19, 2012
> > USA
> >
> > Goodbye, French and German. Hello, Dine, Lakota and other Native
> > American languages—with some qualifications.
> >
> > Under a proposed new program in Colorado, European and Asian tongues
> > would remain options for foreign language credit in high school, but
> > Native languages from federally recognized tribes could also be
> > offered for that purpose.
> >
> > The plan is described in a bill filed January 13 for submission to the
> > Colorado General Assembly by Sen. Suzanne Williams (D-Aurora), a
> > member of the Comanche Nation, and co-sponsor Sen. J. Paul Brown
> > (R-Ignacio).
> >
> > Access full article below:
> >
> > http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/19/native-american-languages-could-count-for-class-credit-73223
> >
>

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Natasha Warner
Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics
University of Arizona
PO Box 210028
Tucson, AZ 85721-0028
U.S.A.