Native Sun News Today: Northern Cheyenne college hosts language summit

By Clara Caufield
Native Sun News Today Correspondent
nativesunnews.today LAME DEER, Mont. –– For two days in mid-November, Chief Dull Knife College on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation hosted a state-wide tribal language summit, one of several held recently throughout the State under the auspices of the Montana Indian Language Preservation Project, funded by the State. The event was attended by many Northern Cheyenne and guests from other reservations in the state. The Cheyenne Language Summit, focused on the theme: “We will speak our Cheyenne Language Forever.” Dr. Richard Littlebear, President, Chief Dull Knife College said, “It was a very good conference and summit, even though people from some other reservations such as Rocky Boy and Crow could not attend. Yet, it was a very good exchange of information, sharing the good works of the colleges in Montana for language preservation efforts.”


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