GUNAHA ATSIDILASHI

VISION STATEMENT
To create a nurturing and immersive environment in which to plant the seeds of language in
our children, families and community, to honor the past, present and future of Tsuut’ina people

about

Gunaha Atsidilashi is a partnership between Tsuut’ina Gunaha Institute, Tsuut’ina
Education Department and Chiila Elementary in offering Tsuut’ina Gunaha immersion
programming in Chiila Elementary. This is a 3-year pilot project will begin in the 2018/2019
school year and operate out of Chiila Elementary as a separate and distinct K4 class
dedicated to teaching curriculum in the Tsuut’ina Language and cultural traditions as a full
day program. The intent is to track and maintain children in this program for 3 years to
assess language learning successes and challenges through immersion programming. A
strong foundation of cultural identity and language is imperative to building a strong sense
of nationhood and connecting our children, families and community to one another through
traditional understandings, ways of knowing and language.