NBC Montana | June 25, 2023

The Little Big Horn College is bringing back the Crow Summer Institute for its 11th year in a row to Crow Agency. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)

CROW AGENCY, Mont. — The Little Big Horn College is bringing back the Crow Summer Institute for its 11th year in a row to Crow Agency.

The Crow Summer Institute provides specialists a chance to teach and pass down the Apsáalooke, also known as Crow, language to keep it alive for generations to come through workshops and activities.

The free event is supported by The Language Conservancy, a nonprofit focused on bolstering endangered languages within communities.

Organizers will provide Crow learning materials that include the “Crow 1st Edition Dictionary” and the newly revised “Level 2 Crow Textbook.”

In-person and virtual sessions are listed below:

• Student sessions (in-person and virtual) – June 26-30, July10-14
• Teacher sessions (in-person) – June 26-30, July 10-14