Overview

Due to federal policies of genocide and ethnic cleansing in the 19th and early 20th centuries that attempted to assimilate Dakota people into Euro-American ways of life, today there are only about five first-language speakers of Dakota who were born and raised in Minnesota Dakota communities. With only about 20 speakers from Dakota communities outside of the state, there are currently more second-language learners than first-language speakers of Dakota.

The Dakota Language Program is a part of a movement throughout Dakota communities in the US and Canada to counteract language extinction by creating new fluent Dakota speakers and teachers. For more about Dakota language revitalization efforts, visit the Dakota Language Society website.

Student Outcomes

University of Minnesota students who complete the program to attain this high proficiency will have the foundational skills to contribute to Dakota language community building by bringing the Dakota language back into the home, to go into the high-demand field of immersion teaching, and to work in language preservation programs.

With this major, students will:

1) Be more prepared to fill an ever-growing need for immersion teacher positions;

2) Graduate with a more sophisticated knowledge of the Dakota language in general;

3) Graduate with the prestige that comes of having earned a bachelor's degree in the Dakota language;

4) Have more time to increase their fluency under instructor supervision;

5) Increase their knowledge of immersion pedagogy;
6) Earn a bachelor's degree in the Dakota language (rather than a certificate) thereby increasing both their Dakota language credentials and earning potential upon graduation.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

American Indian Language
Indigenous Immersion Methods for the Home, Classroom, and Community
American Indians in Minnesota
Diversity and Soc Justice US, Historical Perspectives
Law, Sovereignty, and Treaty Rights
Indigenous Political Economies

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Minneapolis, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

Completed Application for Admission
$55 U.S. nonrefundable application fee
You are required to report your 9th-12th grade courses and grades exactly as they appear on all of your original academic reports, transcripts and any examination results, such as, but not limited to: IB, IGCSE, O/AS/A-level, HKDSE, SPM, CISCE/CBSE, and WAEC.
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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

41512 USD / year

≈ 41512 USD / year
Out-of-State

41512 USD / year

≈ 41512 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

18626 USD / year

≈ 18626 USD / year

Living costs

Minneapolis

United States

1130 - 2045 USD / month

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Student Outcomes

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

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Academic requirements

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Living costs

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