Seneca Language Teacher Support and Community Outreach
Mission Statement:
The mission of Seneca Language Teacher Support and Community Outreach (SLTSCO) is to provide Seneca language access to the community and professional learning opportunities, including certification support, to Seneca language instructors.
- To increase community access to the Seneca language throughout the Nation, the department:
- requires its staff to continue working toward advanced proficiency in the Seneca language
- works with community members and various Seneca Nation departments to offer Onöndowa’ga:’ gawë:nö’ learning opportunities
- actively promotes the use of the Seneca language through social media
- offers online learning opportunities and translation services
- provides web-based learning/teaching tools, hands-on instructional materials, and the audio-visual content required by Seneca language learners and teachers both on and off-territory
- acts as a Seneca language teacher certification office
- offers professional learning opportunities for Seneca language instructors
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/226030837855769
Twitter: Onöndowa’ga:’ @ SenecaLanguage
Allegany Language Director, Ja:no’s Bowen: janos.bowen@sni.org
Digital Media Developer, James Crane: james.crane@sni.org
Please scan and email the form below for a language media resource request:
Email to james.crane@sni.org
The Stanley Huff Heritage Center
Sge:nö’! we are The Stanley Huff Heritage Center or “The Sully” building on the Cattaraugus territory. Your one stop shop for hands on knowledge of onödowa’ga:’ language and crafts. We have community classes along with after school for children.
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SullyHuffHC
Immersion Department
The Deadiwënöhsnye’s (They Protect the Language) Gëjóhgwa’ (Group of people) “Immersion Program”, is designed to contribute to the revitalization efforts of Onöndowa’ga:’ Gawë:nö’ (Seneca Language). This program is dedicated to providing adult learners the opportunity to exponentially increase their Onöndowa’ga:’ Gawë:nö’ verbal proficiency through various teaching methods and practical applications.
The goal of the Deadiwënöhsnye’s Gëjóhgwa’ Immersion Program is to enable students to converse in Onöndowa’ga:’ Gawë:nö’ with fluent speakers on a limited number of subjects involving common situations (but not events). They will learn to describe their friends and family members, their physical appearance, clan and nation, health, mental state, aches and pains, location, place of residence, age, children, marital situation, personal possessions, and the weather. They will learn to describe people, objects, where and how they are located, their ownership, color and number. They will learn to talk about all these situations in the past, present, and future. Students will also be able to name common domestic and “wild” animals, birds, and insects. They will be able to name geographic features, along with common local, regional and world place names. They will also gain an understanding, but not a mastery, of how to speak about everyday actions and events.
Students will learn to read and become familiar with writing Onöndowa’ga:’ Gawë:nö’ orthography, and will also be taught dialectical differences between different Onöndowa’ga:’ communities.
Deadiwënöhsnye’s Gëjóhgwa’ would like to thank everyone who has supported our efforts in developing this immersion program, and in our endeavors to produce new Onöndowa’ga:’ Gawë:nö’ speakers with a proven pedagogy.
Website: https://senecaimmersiongroup.org/
Immersion Director, Amber Bennett: amber.bennett@sni.org
Faithkeepers School
The FKS Montessori Seneca Language Nest has a mission of fostering independent, confident, and socially responsible citizens who are exposed to the traditional teachings of Gaiwi:yo:h and the traditions of the Seneca people.
We are committed to fostering a child’s love of learning and respect for self, others, and the environment through the methodologies of Montessori.
Website: https://faithkeepermontessori.com/