Bacone's Center for Tribal Languages announces new bachelor of arts degree

MUSKOGEE, Okla. - The Center for Tribal Languages at Bacone College is pleased to announce the new Bachelor of Arts in Tribal Languages degree, with enrollment for courses beginning in the fall of 2015.

This unique degree is a blend of community-based immersion Native Language learning, online courses and onsite courses.  One of only a handful of similar college degree programs in North America, this degree program offers students the opportunity to earn college credit by learning and studying their heritage language in their home language communities with an advanced language instructor and tribal elder speakers.

Designed in a collaborative partnership with the Sauk Language Department of the Sac and Fox Nation, this degree program offers courses that challenge students to not only learn their language, but also gives them the skill sets to become professional Native language instructors, language revitalization advocates and future tribal leaders .

At this time, the only languages available for this program are Sauk (Sac and Fox), Seminole, Cherokee, Euchee and Chickasaw.  The Center for Tribal Languages looks forward to adding more tribal language partners to this degree program in the near future.

If you are a tribal language program/instructor who would like more information on this program, please call (918) 968-0070.