Cahuilla Community Language Reclamation
Introduced by Muriel Ammon
Submitted by Elizabeth “Leesa” Rios
News from Native California is celebrating Indigenous languages this summer!
Put your ears on alert! It’s time for Cahuilla language. Sit back and relax for Elizabeth Rios’s read-along to Qwápi’, a Cahuilla language coloring book. Literature for all ages, each page is centered around a Cahuilla word or phrase. Through eye-catching illustrations, the talented Alyssa Rodriguez connects language, place, and community. Cahuilla language is beautiful, just like its speakers.
Written by Elizabeth Rios and Rd. Erie Elliot. Illustrated by Alyssa Rodriguez.
Chem’Ívillu’ Chemkínga’ (Let’s speak Cahuilla in our homes) is an emerging language program servicing the Cahuilla Band of Indians. Language learning resources and creative media can be found on social media platforms. For more information on this program, visit @ivilluat on Instagram.
Elizabeth Rios: This logo [top of page] represents the initiative that is guiding the Cahuilla Band of Indians’s community language reclamation classes. This initiative encourages families to take everyday household phrases out from class and into their homes.
