Owens Valley Career Development Center

Inyo-Mono Counties

Pauite & Northern Pauite

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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Nov-Jan Paiute Language Classes

Jan 2023 Pauite Language Classes

Northen Paiute Classes February 2023

Language Gathering Save the Date

Inyo_Mono February 2023 Classes

Service Area
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Inyo County

Bishop, Big Pine, Lone Pine,
Bridgeport & Benton

Language Served:
Paiute & Northern Paiute

Vacant
Inyo County Coordinator:
432 Barlow Ln.
Bishop, CA 93514
(760)872-3604 ext. 238

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Inyo County Language

Calendar

Paiute Language Instructors

Jamie Meredith

Teaches Bishop Language
20 years of teaching including contracting Lifelong pursuit,
but more actively in classes since late 1980’s so approximately 37yrs.

PAIUTE LANGUAGE CLASSES TAUGHT
BY JAMIE MEREDITH

Virtual
Tuesday’s @ 6:00pm
Thursday’s @ 12:00pm

Phillip Kane

Teaches Nuumu
Been teaching for about 5 years
Been learning for 8 years

PAIUTE LANGUAGE CLASSES TAUGHT
BY PHILLIP KANE

Virtual
Monday’s @ 6:00pm
Friday’s @ 5:00pm

In Person
Lone Pine Community Center
Wednesdays @ 5:30pm

Lavina Banning

I teach Nuumu
I been teaching for about 12+ years
I been learning for a little over 14 years

PAIUTE LANGUAGE CLASSES TAUGHT
BY LAVINA BANNING

In Person
Bishop Language Building
Tuesday’s @ 5:30pm

Glenn Nelson Jr

Teaches Owens Valley Paiute or Eastern Mono.
I’ve been teaching for about 12+ years and I’ve been learning for a little over 14 years.

PAIUTE LANGUAGE CLASSES TAUGHT
BY GLENN NELSON

Virtual
Saturday’s @ 9am

In Person
Bishop Language Building
Monday & Wednesdays

Joseph Lent

Numu, which has been reclassified as Northern Paiute. I teach Numu-dadooanna, which is Northern Paiute language.
I have been learning the language off and on throughout my life for the past 28 years; this includes speaking it
I have been teaching with OVCDC for 3 years but have been teaching throughout my life, from time to time here and there for 24 years.

NORTHERN PAIUTE LANGUAGE CLASSES TAUGHT BY JOSEPH LENT

Virtual
Monday’s 3:30pm & 5:30pm

For more information contact Inyo County at
(760) 872-3604

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