As of 2012, Chukchansi classes are available for children and adults. Ĭhukchansi classes have been taught at the elementary school in Coarsegold, CA since 2008. "When a person speaks into the device in English, it responds with the Chukchansi translation." However, as of 2007, these devices were too expensive to be widely distributed. Efforts at documentation of Chukchansi have also been attempted using the Phraselator, a handheld recording device developed for military purposes.
Recordings of the language were made by Sydney Lamb between 1953-1957. However, the grant has also been criticized in connection with recent disenrollments of Chuckchansi tribal members. In May 2012, the Linguistics Department of Fresno State University received a $1 million grant to compile a Chuckchansi dictionary and grammar texts, and to "provide support for scholarships, programs, and efforts to assemble native texts and create a curriculum for teaching the language so it can be brought back into social and ritual use." The five-year grant was provided by the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians from funds generated by the Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino, and is expected to speed existing volunteer efforts by CSU Fresno faculty to document and teach the language. As of 2011, there were eight native speakers. Chukchansi (Chuk'chansi) is a dialect of Foothill and Valley Yokuts spoken in and around the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians, in the San Joaquin Valley of California, by the Chukchansi band of Yokuts.
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