Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 5-year-old names objects and animals in the Arapaho language in February 2017 as the tribe works to recover its culture and ...

Indigenous language speakers, educators and advocates gathered last week for the fifth annual Dakota and Ojibwe Language Symposium with a shared goal of growing the number of native language speakers ...

For Indigenous Peoples, the ability to speak, learn and transmit their mother tongue is inseparable from the exercise of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Language, it is often said, is a window into the human mind. David Harrison experienced this firsthand as a young linguist in the ...

It may be tempting to delve into the past when marking Indigenous Peoples’ Day. And yet, even a brief conversation with members of New Jersey’s state-recognized tribes makes clear that Native peoples ...

Native languages across the country are on the edge of extinction. A report issued this year by the Bureau of Indian Affairs says the country may be down to fewer than two dozen by 2050. One tribe is ...

There are roughly 7,000 languages spoken around the world. Indigenous groups speak more than 4,000 of them, despite making up less than 6 percent of the global population. These languages often hold ...

Of the nearly 8,000 enrolled members in the Ho-Chunk Nation, there are currently less than 40 who can speak the Ho-Chunk language (also anglicized as Hoocąk). This is due to past removals and ...

The University of Minnesota’s unique Dakota language and Ojibwe language majors allow students to pursue several paths involving their culture. Students are allowed the opportunity to learn the ...

Language educators in Juneau are working to create a Master’s in Teaching program for Indigenous languages at the University of Alaska Southeast. It would be the first of its kind in Alaska.

The Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance hosted a presentation on the history of Indigenous activism at ...

The indigenous and women-led non-profit, Comunidades Indígenas en Liderazgo (CIELO), a human rights organization dedicated to language access, cultural preservation, and social justice, recalls many ...