Chickaloon Native Village

CZI Youth Award

COVID-19 Response

COVID-19 Response

The expansion to our existing pilot project will increase the scope of our Ahtna language program. Through the development of blended curriculum and lesson plans we will expand immersion instruction in the classroom of our Ya Ne Dah Ah Tribal school.

This project will preserve and increase daily use of our in peril Ahtna Athabascan language by piloting developed Ahtna language and cultural immersion curriculum and adopted testing assessment proficiency standards in the classroom of our Ya Ne Dah Ah School for a minimum of 20 hours of instruction each week.

The ultimate purpose of this project is to perpetuate and share language and culture with our Tribal citizens and others interested in our Ahtna Athabascan lifeways. The success of this project will be accomplished by having students attending the Ya Ne Dah Ah School instructed on web page design and blogging. Students will share information learned from Elder interviews and cultural lessons via social media platforms.