Native Languages Center
United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) is charted by the United Tribes of North Dakota Corporation and serves the five Tribal nations located entirely or partly in the state. As such, there is not one specific language or languages associated with the college.
Language
Currently, UTTC offers language courses in Lakota and Dakota
Teaching Requirements in North Dakota
To teach Native languages in North Dakota individuals can obtain a Native American Language/Culture License. ➚ The North Dakota Standards and Practices Board may license an individual as an instructor of North Dakota American Indian languages and culture if the individual is recommended for licensure to teach North Dakota Native language by an Indigenous language board created by a Tribal government in this state and if the individual:
- Displays competence in North Dakota American Indian languages and culture and has successfully completed a three-semester hour course in classroom instruction at a tribal college or other institution of higher education; or
- Holds a baccalaureate degree and has knowledge of and experience in North Dakota American Indian languages and culture.
Explore More Language Programs
The map below shows the locations of the 37 TCUs across the country. To learn more about each TCU and the language programs offered within those institutions, hover over each pin on the map.
AIHEC Member Institutions
Developing AIHEC Member Institutions
Aaniiih Nakoda College
Aaniih (Gros Ventre), Nakoda (Assiniboine)
Bay Mills Community College
Anishinaabe
Blackfeet Community College
Piikani (Blackfeet)
Cankdeska Cikana Community College
Dakota
College of Menominee College
Menominee, Oneida, and Mahican
College of the Muscogee Nation
Mvskoke
Haskell Indian Nations University
Ilisagvik College
Iñupiaq
Institute of American Indian Arts
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College
Ojibwe
Oglala Lakota College
Lakota
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College
Ojibwe
Salish Kootenai College
Salish, Kootenai
Sisseton Wahpeton College
Dakota
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
O’odham
Tohono O’odham Community College
O’odham