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Student Enrichment and Enhancement Day School (SEEDS)
Language:
Cheyenne
Program
Base:
After-school community setting, first in a church building and
later in a new building housing the Cheyenne Language Institute
in Clinton, OK
Goals:
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To incorporate Cheyenne language into the public schools.
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complete a computer-based Cheyenne language course.
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To begin development of a CD-ROM.
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To publish a student dictionary and teacher handbook.
Brief
Description:
For the Student Enrichment and Enhancement Day School (SEEDS)
project, program personnel first updated and expanded an orthography
initially developed by Southwestern Oklahoma State University nearly
25 years ago. The program developed a special template for Macintosh
computers and loaded nearly 1500 words in subject stacks on Hypercards.
Cheyenne was first taught through oral instruction and later through
computers to further reinforce learning. An after-school program,
SEEDS requires students to be American Indian but not necessarily
Cheyenne. Very young children under five years of age may participate
as well as school-aged children up to 15 years old. Staff include
a fluent native speaker with a master's in education, an elementary
school teacher with a master's in education, a teacher's aide, and
a computer program specialist.
Materials:
Dictionary and handbook, printed and copyrighted, and the computer
software that the project developed.
Support:
The SEEDS project received funds from the Title IX Indian Education
program, a private foundation, and a state agency. Fluent native
speakers have assisted the project and volunteers helped as well.
Contact
Information:
Lawrence H. Hart, Executive Director
Cheyenne Cultural Center, Inc.
Rural Route 1, Box 3130
Clinton, OK 73601
(580)
323-6224 / Fax: (580) 323-6225
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