The Chikasha Academy Adult Immersion Program will soon graduate five highly motivated students who will then teach the Chickasaw language to others. They include, front row from left, Faithlyn Seawright, Briana Mason, and Jason Morgan. Back row from left, Jared Walker, Elias Brown and language instructor Ric Greenwood.
The Chikasha Academy Adult Immersion Program (CAAIP) will soon graduate five highly motivated students who will then teach the Chickasaw language to others, according to Joshua D. Hinson (Lokosh), executive officer of language preservation for the Chickasaw Nation Department of Culture and Humanities.
“The academy’s approach is a highly structured group immersion program that is based upon the Sali…
