LIFE'S LANGUAGE LODGE

MISSION STATEMENT

Behíííh byiitɔ’ɔ’ɔ́wuh ’íitɔɔtɔɔh tɔwɔcinnítééih nííθénɔɔ’ nɔh néinɔɔ’ tɔwɔcinnítáááninɔɔ’

téi’ítaahaach

Maká idómni nakón wicóȟage otéȟige

adé iná Namákoda žemáca mnihéiciya no.

Everywhere on this earth it is difficult to be an upright person at peace.

My father and mother tell me that is who I am, I will take courage.

About

The Fort Belknap Community Economic Development Corporation (FBCEDC) was awarded a grant from the Administration for Native Americans- Esther Martinez Immersion Initiative (ANA-EMI). Life's Language Lodge is a Nakoda and Aaniiih language nest that is being developed to help our community restore our Aaniiih and Nakoda languages on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. The main goal is to establish the language nest that will help fill a critical gap by providing language immersion for children 0-5 years of age.

Nakoda Aaniiih Economic Development Corporation (NAEDC)

The Nakoda Aaniiih Economic Development Corporation (NAEDC) was established on July 10, 2014, by the Fort Belknap Indian Community Council -- the governing body of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation -- as a nonprofit business corporation under the laws of the Fort Belknap Indian Community.

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