Dakota Iapi Unspewicakiyapi Certificate
Please note: The Dakota Iapi Unspewicakiyapi Certificate has transferred to its collegiate home of the College of Liberal Arts as of September 2010. While CCE will still grant the certificate, it is now administered by the Department of American Indian Studies. Please direct questions to Edna Day at:
American Indian Studies
University of Minnesota
215 Scott Hall
72 Pleasant St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-624-1338
Fax: 612-626-7904
desja003@umn.edu
The Dakota Iapi Unspewicakiyapi Certificate was designed to address the critical point of Dakota language loss in Minnesota by developing a cadre of Dakota language learners, speakers, and teachers. This effort is part of a global indigenous language revitalization movement based on the understanding that language is fundamental to cultural survival and tribal sovereignty.
What You'll Learn
This certificate program will prepare you to take an active teaching role in the American Indian community. You'll gain advanced proficiency and knowledge – both written and oral – of the Dakota language. By enrolling in this certificate program, you will:
- Become familiar with indigenous language revitalization history, issues, research, and efforts on state, regional, national, and international levels
- Become familiar with basic principles of language revitalization teaching methodologies
- Practice these principles in a required semester-long practicum assisting in a community language program
- Learn the basic techniques for describing and analyzing linguistic data through working on examples taken from Dakota texts and translations
Certificate Benefits
Enhance your knowledge and skills, learn new skills, or begin working toward an undergraduate or graduate degree. These accredited credit certificate programs are:
- Designed for working professionals
- Shorter than degree programs
- Used as an area of study for a degree program
- Flexible and offered at varying times
- Taught by University faculty
