Our Work
Since 1989 we have worked with Youth, Adults, Elders and our broader Communities to reintroduce our Native Art, Language and Culture.
Master Apprentice Language Pod
The success of the Karuk Podsters to acquire our language has resultred in 5 new proficient speakers/teachers-to-be in 2 short years.
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Araráhih Kich !
Creating new tools and resources in a constantly changing world.
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Culturally Driven Education
Our work has our cultural practice and knowledge at its heart. Discovering old techniques, perfecting newly acquired techniques and sharing that knowledge has been highly successful for us.
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Keep Yourself In The Know
Ikxáree is our word for ‘news’. You can find our ikxáree here.
Learn about our work plans, news and information pertaining to culture and language revitalization.
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What Is Native Culture?
To our visitors and supporters we will provide explanations of culture from a Native perspective.
Many of you have questions about the Native World. We will answer when possible. We will also help you discover ways to support us in our efforts to restore our cultural worldview.
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Why help us
The Institute has recruited cultural leaders who have both practical AND professional experience to help create lasting positive change.
Community-based
Our work plans start with input from our community. We strive to meet actual needs which we determine before taking action. We strive to be accountable to our financial supporters. We bring together our ikyâavarihvaan (students) regularly. We pay our students and speakersto to work on their language everyday. We assess our methods to get the best results. And we are seeing new speakers emerging from generations of forced assimilation. Our language is being heard more and more.
Cultural Experts
We have assembled a dream team of cultural experts to help us complete our mission.
Despite generations of language loss, many of us have become expert at Karuk cultural practices. The Institute employs and collaborates with our cultural experts to create real-world situations in which our language can be conveyed and practiced.
History of Success
We have been creating cultural experiences since 1989. Our principal beneficiary is the Native community. From the start we have invited the non-Native community to attend our many public events.