Minneapolis American Indian Center
The Minneapolis American Indian Center has developed a long term plan to increase accessibility to and interest in Native language instruction through increased access to Dakota and Ojibwe language tables, monthly family nights, field trips and other cultural activities.
Reach 200+ community members across the one year program period, reach 100 unduplicated new language learners by the end of the year, involve 30 intermediate language learners by the end of the year, take two field trips with 30 youth/families, host one Ojibwe and Dakota language tournament involve 60 participants and attended by 100 community members.
Greater awareness of language learning activities in the Twin Cities urban community, increased interest in leaning language and confidence that they can learn for those with no or little previous exposure, increased vocabulary and comprehension among Native language learners, increase proportion of Native language learners who are fluent / able to converse, increased understanding of and participation in Native cultural traditions and ceremonies, due to increased language abilities.
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