The Yesa:sahį Language Project is a non-profit organization owned and operated by the Monacan, Haliwa-Saponi, Sappony, Occaneechi, and Ohio Saponi communities. The YLP’s mission is to preserve our ancestral language and catalyze a strong future for our culture and our communities by restoring Yesa:sahį to everyday use.
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Our Mission
We are awakening the voices of our ancestors by living and speaking their language.
We have inherited this language from those who came before us, and we are preserving it for those who will come after us.
We accomplish our mission to restore and preserve Yesa:sahį through documentation, teaching, research, collaboration, and traditional practices, carried out by Yesáh community members, researchers, teachers, elders, storytellers, and learners.