Indigenous students deserve Indigenous teachers.
This philosophy drives the University of Oregon Sapsik'wałá Education Program, which Leilani Sabzalian, of the Alutiiq people of southcentral Alaska, leads with Professor Michelle Jacob, of the Yakama Nation in Washington state. In a collaboration between the nine federally recognized Tribal Nations in Oregon and the College of Education UOTeach master's program, Indigenous students are trained to teach in Indigenous communities ("Sapsik'wałá," pronounced "sahp-see-kwuh-THLAH," means "teacher" in Ichishkíin/Sahaptin, a language traditionally spoken along the Columbia River in southern Washington.)
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