Summer Language Institute
The Summer Language Institute is a for-credit, three-week summer program featuring Indigenous languages on a rotating basis. In the morning, language teachers lead small classes focused on articulating the relationships between people and our non-human relatives. In the afternoons, students meet with peer educators to explore similarities and differences between languages and participate in complimentary activities. The program culminates in a symposium highlighting the students’ work and celebrating language revitalization at the Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum in nearby Ignacio, Colorado.
2024 Summer Language Institute
May 6-18, 2024
10 spots available per language; 30 spaces total
Join us at Fort Lewis College this May for the All Our Kin Collective's Summer Language Institute! Begin learning an Indigenous language and participate in language revitalization-centered programming. Languages offered:
- Ute language (Nύu-'apagha-pi) - taught by an alum of the Southwest Indigenous Language Development Institute
- Lakota language (Lakȟótiyapi) - taught by Tipiziwin Tolman
- Navajo language (Diné Bizaad) - taught by Rachael Nez
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Credits and scholarships
Students will earn 4 credits for participation in the Institute. The FLC Native American Tuition Waiver is applicable to the cost of the courses.
We have limited scholarships available to cover student fees and housing stipends. Scholarships for living stipends will be limited to those enrolled in Fort Lewis College. Non-FLC students are still encouraged to apply! There will be no charge for the courses as a non-FLC student with audit status, though no college credits will be available. The program will cover the costs of breakfast and lunch for both weeks (dinner not included) and provide food at the final symposium.
The Language Revitalization Institute has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.