Departments - Quechan Language Preservation - Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe

Language Director:
Charlotte Hills

Language Instructor:
Judith P. Osborne

Language Secretary:
Jennifer Whitepigeon

Language Coordinator:
Juanita Rodriguez

Physical Address:
628 Picacho Road
Winterhaven, CA 92283

Mailing Address:
PO Box 1899
Yuma, AZ 85364

Phone:
(760) 919-3655

Fax:
(760) 572-1202

News Article:

School working to preserve Native language in Yuma area

2023 STUDENT APPLICATION

Video:

The Quechan Story of the Coyote and the Moon.

Lessons:

Katsan Iiyaa PP on DO

Friends Conversation

Morning Talk Quechan Language Lesson 2021

Click on link to open document:

Quechan Language Application Quechan Language Curriculum

Kwatsáan kanaav Newsletter

Volume 1 Issue 3 (January 2022)

Volume 1 Issue 2 (November 2021)

Volume 1 Issue 1 (September 2021)

Mission Statement:

As Northern American Indigenous Tribe we Kwatsáans believe that the preservation of our language is inherent to our survival as a people. Our traditional culture as taught through our Native language provides us with the lifelong skills to develop spiritually, intellectually and physically so that we may prosper in a dual cultural society.

Program Description:

Quechan Language Preservation Program is a community based project, initiated by tribal members. Their wishes in forming a committee were to see a Language Program that would support language and traditional cultural education simultaneously. Language Classes are taught at the old Fort Yuma Indian School on the hill. The instructors go to places such as the Head Start and San Pasqual Schools, Elementary and High Schools, or wherever to teach the Quechan Language.

The Kwatsáan Language Preservation Program's goal is to provide a means for learning and preserving our Native Language and ancestral traditions.

Class Schedules:
Monday through Thursday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Adults and Children
Classes are held at the Old Head Start Building located at Indian Hill.

Alphabet and Pronunciation of Quechan Language: Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6

Quechan Native Language Preservation video: Language Preservation

Brochure Literature of the Quechan Language (learn the Quechan Language):