Ray Cichosz, Program Coordinator of Language Preservation, is responsible for organizing and promoting various activities and programs that work to preserve the native languages of the Gros Ventre (White Clay) and Assiniboine tribes at Fort Belknap. Native language classes are being offered at various locations in both languages. Classes recently began at three locations around Fort Belknap (see locations and times at end of this story).
Cichosz has been the Program Coordinator since May, 2014. He explained, "These community language classes are just part of our efforts to preserve our native...