For Some Tribal Communities, Head Start Programs Provide a Cultural Lifeline

For Some Tribal Communities, Head Start Programs Provide a Cultural Lifeline

It’s 9 a.m. in the morning and the children at the Walatowa Head Start Early Childhood Learning Center on the Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico, line up outside, each carrying a small amount of cornmeal in their hands. Bertha Gachupin, one of the teachers, leads the children as they say their Native American name, the name of their clan, and then a prayer to learn and understand the Hemish language and have a good day at school, before blowing the corn…

For some tribal communities, Head Start programs provide a cultural lifeline

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Graduation celebrates 60th anniversary of Head Start

A milestone moment unfolded on May 22 as 29 students graduated from Tri-County Community Action’s Head Start programs serving Halifax and Mecklenburg counties.