Registration is now open for the 4^th annual TCU Native Languages Summit in Omaha, Nebraska. This annual summit brings together TCU Native language programs, faculty, staff, and partners to share information and knowledge about tribal programs and Native language revitalization efforts.

There will be a diverse range of presentations and sessions at this year’s event. Jolyana Begay-Kroupa, the chief executive officer at the Phoenix Indian Center, will give the keynote presentation. Offering a Navajo perspective, Begay-Kroupa will discuss the vital role of language, storytelling, and cultural leadership in sustaining Indigenous communities. Other sessions include language learning in an early childhood environment, cultivating mentor/apprentice programs in an online environment, transforming language curriculum to support future generations, developing language databases and digital archives that support language teaching in the classroom, classroom methodologies for language courses, and the state of Native language teacher education programs.

There will also be sessions on approaches to AI grounded in Indigenous values and data sovereignty. There will be examples of classroom uses of AI and how to access resources from the TCU AI Working Group, such as policy templates and pilot projects. There will also be a session on understanding digital language preservation through informed partnerships and tribal knowledge. And a hands-on working session will cover curriculum development.

The summit will be held at the Embassy Suites in Omaha February 27 through March 1, 2026. For more information, contact Mary Johnson at mjohnson@aihec.org.