Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria

Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria's Saa-a-goch (speak Yurok): Cultural Literacy Project is a two-year project to develop four pre-K and beginning reader Yurok language books for pre-K beginning readers, ages 0-9. Building on previously-funded work and community needs surveys, formal library assessments, and patron requests that have reaffirmed the need to provide language resources in the three primary Native languages of the Rancheria, this project creates new resources to revitalize youth reading programs at the Rancheria. Activities include a weekly Storytime program that uses the language materials to stimulate language acquisition for Tribal youth and encourages parent interaction in early literacy and language acquisition activities for their children.