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Boys count Ontuklo (seven) on fingers "...ontuklo..."
"...so it did feel a little more like January than March 'til the sun came out..." Shivering in March

 
    See the Photographs Page for more pictures of the Language class in the 2008 Oklahoma City St. Patrick's Day Parade.
The Language Program is presenting a Choctaw Language immersion class again this year. It will be held on Monday, July 21st through Friday, July 25, 2008, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. Students aged 5 years to 12 years are welcome. A knowledge of the Choctaw language is helpful, but not required. Mid-morning and noon snacks will be provided. Call Brenda Samuels at 672-5653 for more information.

You can see photos from last year's successful class at the bottom of the page. We hope that Richard Adams makes it up from Durant again this year.
The Choctaw Language Class is again sponsoring a trip to the Mississippi Choctaw Fair at Philadelphia, MS. We will leave Oklahoma City on Tuesday, July 8, and return on Friday, July 11, 2008. The Choctaw Nation is providing a bus at no cost to us, so your expenses will be for food, lodging and whatever you wish to spend. As of June 17 there were still about 20 seats available. If you are interested in going, please call Carol Trent at (405) 949-2812. She needs to hear from you as soon as possible because she is making the room reservations.

 

Choctaw language singing and preaching was held on Saturday morning, April 26, 2008 at the OCTA building. That evening, the 48th annual Gospel Singing was held at Angie Smith Memorial United Methodist Church. Lunch was served at the OCTA building and everyone met at the Church for supper before the gospel singing.
Click on the picture of the Littlest Indian Gospel Singer to go to the page of photos:
Bishinik article about Norris and Brenda Samuels
May, 2007 article courtesy of The Bishinik.		      »The summer is over and fall classes have begun.«

Adult Choctaw language classes started on September 18, 2007. The class meets from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday nights at the OCTA Building, 5320 S. Youngs Blvd. You are welcome to start the class at any time, so come on down and join us for language and cultural fellowship.

Children's classes (ages 5 to 12) are also now meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesdays at the OCTA Building.

Last summer's children's immersion class was a great success and was enjoyed by all, both the students and the adults who helped put it on.

These classes are provided free of charge by the Choctaw Nation's Language Department (Chahta Anumpa Aiikhvna). All classes are open to persons of every tribe and nationality.

You can contact Norris and Brenda at (405) 672-5653. Brenda's email address is Brenda.J.Samuels-1@ou.edu.
     
Online language class Members of the Choctaw Nation Language Department online classes at the 2007 Labor Day Festival in Tvshkahomma. From left to right are Wayne Coston, who keeps the computers running, students Stormy Bryant and John Jackson, and instructor Lillie Roberts.
 

Some snapshots from the immersion class on July 23, 2007.

  
 
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