Quechan Language Preservation
Language Director:
Charlotte Hills
Language Instructor:
Judith P. Osborne
Language Secretary:
Vacant
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
Video:
The Quechan Story of the Coyote and the Moon.
Lessons:
Morning Talk Quechan Language Lesson 2021
Click on link to open document:
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
Literature of the Quechan Language (learn the Quechan Language):
