The Piegan Institute, a non-profit group, is dedicated to the preservation of Native languages. Founded and directed by Darrell Kipp, a Blackfeet Tribal member with a Masters of Education degree from Harvard, the Institute has opened two Language Immersion Schools on the reservation and will soon be opening a third school. The idea at both Moccasin Flat School and Cuts Wood School is to immerse the children in total Blackfoot language with no English spoken during school hours. With the operation of these two schools, the preservation of the Blackfoot language for future generations is a reality. The Piegan Institute receives no government funding.
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