An app to teach students the Navajo language. (Photo by Cronkite News) To support the revitalization, protection, preservation and reclamation of Indigenous languages across the United States, the ...

Efforts to help preserve the Muscogee tribal language led to an $8 million gift to College of the Muscogee Nation, its ...

At Sít’ Eetí Shaanáx̱ – Glacier Valley Elementary School, Lorrie Gax̱.áan.sán Heagy and Yuxgitisiy George Holly use music as a tool for Lingít language revitalization. The pair recently received the ...

On Jan. 17, 1893, the Hawaiian Kingdom was overthrown in a move that disregarded the rights and sovereignty of Native ...

Bernadette Quiroz, language revitalization chair for the Muwekma Ohlone tribe, will discuss the tribe’s endangered Indigenous language in “A History of Chochenyo: A Language Reawakened,” on Wednesday, ...

Printmaker Gidinatiy Hartman sits at a market table with their prints for sale on Oct. 19, 2024. Hartman, who grew up in Alaska and now lives in St. Paul, is Deg Xitʼan, an Indigenous Athabaskan ...

There are currently 7,164 languages worldwide; however, this number is decreasing each year. According to Ethnologue, a research center for language intelligence, about 44% of languages are endangered ...

At Salish School of Spokane, students from 1 to 13 are immersed in n̓səl̓xčin̓, known as the Colville-Okanagan Salish ...

As you walk through the halls of Navajo Preparatory School, you will see students from across Diné Bikeyyah— the Navajo Nation — often wearing a tsiiyééł, a traditional Diné hair bun, Nike sneakers, ...

According to the Department of Interior, the Bureau of Indian Education funds 187 schools for Indigenous students and works to provide them with a culturally relevant, high-quality education. However, ...