Humanities Initiatives on Dakota Language and Literature

FAIN: AD-234282-16

Cankdeska Cikana Community College (Fort Totten, ND 58335)
Eric Rogness (Project Director: June 2015 to March 2018)

A two-year historic and cultural preservation project to strengthen curricular content for humanities courses in Liberal Arts and Dakota Studies.

Cankdeska Cikana Community College (CCCC) proposes a two-year humanities initiative designed to enhance the knowledge and understanding in the Humanities by strengthening the current curriculum related to Liberal Arts and Dakota Studies. The two-year initiative will consist of an innovative approach that the will create a bridge between the humanities courses, CCCC students and the archived collection of Dakota literature and oral history. Throughout the two-year humanities initiative, the CCCC will focus on: the historic preservation of the Dakota literature and language; strengthening current humanities courses; and expanding student and community awareness of the correlation between the humanities and Dakota culture.