Ukiah High Offers Pomo Language and Cultures Course

Published: Oct. 7, 2021, 4:13 p.m.

b'October 6, 2021--Mendocino County\\u2019s Ukiah Unified School District is proud to offer, for the first time ever, a Northern Pomo Language and Cultures class at Ukiah High School. Buffie Schmidt, of the Sherwood Valley Rancheria, serves as instructor to the 40 students she teaches. Both the school district and Schmidt hope this groundbreaking course will revitalize Pomo languages and traditions, and help reconnect native students to a legacy from which they have been disconnected for centuries.'