Mukayuhsak Weekuw Wôpanâak Language Immersion Charter School

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Mukayuhsak Weekuw Wôpanâak Language Immersion Charter School is a charter school dedicated to revitalizing and teaching the Wôpanâak (Wampanoag) language and culture through full-language immersion education for Native youth.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American school
charter school
language immersion school
affiliation Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project
country United States
culturalActivities Wampanoag arts and crafts
Wampanoag songs and storytelling
traditional Wampanoag ceremonies
educationalApproach bilingual education
full-language immersion
emphasis community involvement
cultural sovereignty
linguistic sovereignty
ethnicCommunityServed Wampanoag
focus Native youth education
Wampanoag culture
goal create fluent Wôpanâak speakers
strengthen Wampanoag community identity
support intergenerational language transmission
hasCurriculumComponent STEM subjects taught through Wôpanâak
Wampanoag cultural practices
Wampanoag history
Wôpanâak language arts
languageOfInstruction English
Wôpanâak
locatedIn Cape Cod region
Massachusetts
mission preservation and transmission of Wampanoag culture
revitalization of the Wôpanâak language
teaching Wôpanâak language to Native youth
name Mukayuhsak Weekuw Wôpanâak Language Immersion Charter School
operatedBy Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project
pedagogicalModel community-based education
culture-based education
primaryLanguageFocus Wôpanâak
recognizedAs first Wôpanâak language immersion school
one of the first full-immersion schools for an Algonquian language in the United States
sector public charter school sector
shortName Mukayuhsak Weekuw
supportsProgram Wôpanâak language teacher training
community language classes
targetStudentPopulation Native youth
Wampanoag children
typeOfSchool K–8 school


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