Welcome to Woodenlegs Library
Woodenlegs Library is located on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in southeastern Montana on the campus of Chief Dull Knife College. We are proud to serve the Lame Deer community as well as the students and faculty of CDKC.
Our library houses 20,000 print materials and the archives of the Northern Cheyenne tribe. We partner with programs to facilitate the renewal of the Cheyenne language. Currently their are 500 Cheyenne speakers and we offer assistance in the dissemination of orthographic materials as well as the oral history of this unique group of people. Fluency of the Cheyenne language is a learning outcome of all degree programs, and our goal is to provide any resources needed to help the students achieve this.
Student achievement overall is something we strive to support. Part of this is getting students used to using materials and databases that they can anticipate being required in a four year degree program. We currently offer seven databases that link students to reputable sources. (You can access databases by clicking here.) It is our goal to eliminate any hurdles in front of students while we have them here, boosting their confidence and making success part of their repertoire before they graduate.
We also hope to connect the community to services needed to perform well in any endeavor they are working on. Genealogy, auto repair, health resources, meeting rooms, fax, and copying are just some of the services that we find utilized by community members every week. Teen programming and children's reading programs are going to be introduced to bring our youngest users onto campus, familiarizing them with the locality and bridging them from young adults to college students.
On a personal note, I thrive in the multi-faceted environment that Woodenlegs Library provides. It is a rich culture and beautiful traditions that are embedded in the services we provide each day. As we strive to indigenize the services we provide, I see our community responding in kind. My hope is that this blog will begin a dialogue that will further our root into the community. It is here that we will post our goals as we implement more programs for the community and develop more resources for our students. We want our patrons to be a part of the conversation that moves the library forward because it is our patrons that create the community we serve.
Our library houses 20,000 print materials and the archives of the Northern Cheyenne tribe. We partner with programs to facilitate the renewal of the Cheyenne language. Currently their are 500 Cheyenne speakers and we offer assistance in the dissemination of orthographic materials as well as the oral history of this unique group of people. Fluency of the Cheyenne language is a learning outcome of all degree programs, and our goal is to provide any resources needed to help the students achieve this.
Student achievement overall is something we strive to support. Part of this is getting students used to using materials and databases that they can anticipate being required in a four year degree program. We currently offer seven databases that link students to reputable sources. (You can access databases by clicking here.) It is our goal to eliminate any hurdles in front of students while we have them here, boosting their confidence and making success part of their repertoire before they graduate.
We also hope to connect the community to services needed to perform well in any endeavor they are working on. Genealogy, auto repair, health resources, meeting rooms, fax, and copying are just some of the services that we find utilized by community members every week. Teen programming and children's reading programs are going to be introduced to bring our youngest users onto campus, familiarizing them with the locality and bridging them from young adults to college students.
On a personal note, I thrive in the multi-faceted environment that Woodenlegs Library provides. It is a rich culture and beautiful traditions that are embedded in the services we provide each day. As we strive to indigenize the services we provide, I see our community responding in kind. My hope is that this blog will begin a dialogue that will further our root into the community. It is here that we will post our goals as we implement more programs for the community and develop more resources for our students. We want our patrons to be a part of the conversation that moves the library forward because it is our patrons that create the community we serve.
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