Owens Valley Career Development Center

Kern County

Pakanapul & Navajo

We offers a variety of opportunities to learn from pre-school to family based settings.  We encourage learning through cultural experiences such as basket weaving, music, dancing, California history, traditional stories, and songs.  Preserving and Revitalizing Our Native Languages through self-identities for our TANF clients and communities with Culture component and Culture Identity.

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Kern County

Bakersfield, Lake Isabella,
Tehachapi & Ridgecrest

Language Served:
Navajo Pakanapul

 Christina Contreras 
Kern County Coordinator
:
1001 Tower Way, Suite 225
Bakersfield, CA 93309
(661) 323-1086 ext. 457

Paka’anil & Navajo Language Instructors

 Elaine Johnson 

Elaine is a teacher of the Diné Language and has been teaching for OVCDC for 7 years. She holds classes on every Tuesday and Thursday thru WebEx.

NAVAJO IMMERSION LANGUAGE CLASSES TAUGHT BY ELAIN JOHNSON & MARLENE ORTEGA

Virtual
Tuesday’s & Thursday’s @ 4:00pm

 Betsy Johnson 

Betsy is a teacher of the paka’ anil Language and has been teaching for OVCDC for 15 years. She holds classes on every Tuesday and Thursday thru WebEx.

PAKANAPUL LANGUAGE CLASSES TAUGHT BY BETSY JOHNSON

Virtual
Tuesday’s & Thursday’s @ 3:00pm

 For more information contact Kern County at 
(661) 323-1086 

Audio Recordings

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OVCDC

2574 Diaz Lane
Bishop, California 93514
Phone: 760-873-5107
Fax: 760-873-4107