NEW LEADERSHIP:

Language Director McBride To Step Down

(July 2010) Language Director Justin T. McBride will be leaving the Kaw Nation at the end of July 2010 to pursue PhD studies at Oklahoma State University. After nearly nine-years with the Language Department, Mr. McBride is greatly saddened to leave. He would like to thank the many friends he has made at the tribe for all he has learned in his time here. He offers his sincerest wish for the Language Department's continued success. Meanwhile, Language Coordinator Dr. Linda Cumberland will assume departmental responsibilities.

NEW GRANT:

Kaw Nation Awarded ELF "Producing Materials to Teach Kanza Literacy Through Historical Texts" Grant

(February 2010) The Kaw Nation is pleased to announce the funding of a one-year project to manufacture the Kanza language reading materials (book and audio CD) designed under the ANA grant running from October 2008 until September 2010. Electronic copies of the book will be available on our WORKS page by September 2010, and a hard-copy version will be available by year's end. For more information contact us.

NEW MINI-SITE:

Combined Kanza Texts

(July 2009) Thirty-one grammatically analyzed Kanza texts compiled from historical materials are now available for viewing. Click here. Requires SIL Gentium font available from sil.org.

NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE:

Wajíphaⁿyiⁿ A Kanza Language Game

(March 2009) After a year of professional game development, we are happy to announce the release of the original board game Wajíphaⁿyiⁿ. This is essentially a real world equivalent of our video game designed to help users practice vocabulary, but with substantially more vocabulary cards (nearly 1,000 words and phrases). The game comes with play board, die, four pawns, instruction/reference sheet, score cards, a 10-card starter deck, and a 40-card deck of Personal Environment vocabulary. Additional play aids available for free download include three expansion decks, scoresheet replacements, and a 60-page exercise and glossary booklet. For more information see the WORKS page.

NEW GRANT:

Kaw Nation Awarded ANA "Designing Materials to Teach Kanza Literacy Through Historical Texts" Grant

(October 2008) The Kaw Nation is pleased to announce the funding of a two-year project to create Kanza language reading materials (book and audio CD) using Kanza texts from 19th and 20th century Kaws. This project will run from October 2008 until September 2010, and will feature a Community Advisory Group made up of tribal members with an interest in the subject. For more information please contact us.

NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD:

Wajíphaⁿyiⁿ Kaw Nation Kanza Language Learning Application
2008 Update Version

(September 2008) After three years of development, we are happy to announce the updated release of our flagship language software, Wajíphaⁿyiⁿ. This free language software is a "complete Kanza course in a can," containing one full semester of multimedia Kanza language units, a nearly 300-word lexicon, a culturally relevant video game to practice vocabulary, a progress tracking system capable of accommodating multiple users, and a complete set of instructions. For more information see the LESSONS page.