| New Kituwah Academy ᎠᏤ ᎩᏚᏩ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ | |
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| Address | |
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60 Waterdam Road , , 28719 United States | |
| Coordinates | 35°30′04″N 83°18′37″W / 35.501071°N 83.310233°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | "Kituwah First"[1] |
| Opened | 19 April 2004[2] |
| Status | Open |
| Authority | Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians |
| NCES School ID | A1302201[3] |
| Principal | Crystal Carpenter[4] |
| Enrollment | 98[5] (2018) |
| Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Website | https://ebcikpep.com/ |
The New Kituwah Academy (Cherokee: ᎠᏤ ᎩᏚᏩ ᏧᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ, Atse Kituwah Tsunadeloquasdi;[6][7] gi-DOO-wah),[8] also known as the Atse Kituwah Academy,[9] is a private bilingual Cherokee- and English-language immersion school for Cherokee students in kindergarten through sixth grade,[10] located in Cherokee, North Carolina,[11] in the Yellow Hill community of the Qualla Boundary.[9] It is owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI),[12] and operated by the Kituwah Preservation and Education Program (KPEP).[13][14]
The school is part of a larger effort by the EBCI to save and revitalize the endangered Cherokee language by creating immersion and other language-learning opportunities;[15] it also instills Cherokee cultural pride.[16]
The word kituwah (ᎩᏚᏩ) is used by the Eastern Cherokee to refer to both themselves and their language; it can also mean "center" or "mother town" depending on context.[8] New Kituwah is independent from the Cherokee Central Schools at Qualla Boundary.[17]
- ^ Redmond, Mary Lynn; Wiethaus, Ulrike (Fall 2009). "The Atse Kituwah Academy: An Immersion Model that Holds the Key to the Future of the Cherokee Language and Culture". Learning Languages. 15 (1): 34–37. ISSN 1083-5415. ERIC EJ871246.
- ^ McKie, Scott (April 19, 2011). "Seven Years! New Kituwah Academy celebrates anniversary". Cherokee One Feather. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ "School Detail for New Kituwah Academy". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ Kituwah Preservation and Education Program Accessed June 3, 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Cherokee Nation Education Services". Cherokee Nation. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ^ a b Waggoner, Martha (March 27, 2015). "Hopes of preserving Cherokee language rest with children". Hickory Record. Associated Press. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Schlemmer, Liz (December 24, 2018). "To Save Their Endangered Language, 2 Cherokee Brothers Learn As They Teach". NPR. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ "Cherokee Language". Cherokee Preservation Foundation. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Jessel, Christine (September 26, 2013). "Lessons In Cherokee Teach More Than Language". WUOT. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ Relyea, Laura. "With Drawl". The Bitter Southerner. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
The Eastern Cherokees are working hard to preserve their languages. Educational programming that happens there, as well as at the Atse Kituwah Immersion Academy, aims to get Cherokee children speaking the language at a young enough age that they can grow up comfortably within it, and pass the along to generations to follow. They also aim to instill the children with the a strong sense of cultural pride.
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