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

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 ...

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As Native language programs flourish in classrooms, Indian centers, tribal meeting rooms and online, President Donald Trump issued an executive order over the weekend declaring English would be the ...

The program, along with other Indigenous Language programs at the university, faces difficulties as classes have been cut ...

Now that the festive season has passed, I find myself reflecting on an unsettling reality I encountered in rural communities: ...

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, ...

Today, Spanish is the de facto national language of Mexico, but that wasn’t always the case. Before the arrival of the conquistadors in the 16th century, Mexico lacked a dominant language, instead ...

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 ...

Patrick Del Percio first showed an interest in learning the Cherokee language at the age of seven, when their family visited a living history museum portraying a 1760s Cherokee village. Del Percio ...

On a warm April morning, in the minutes after roll call ends and before lessons begin, the classroom is buzzing with energy. It’s one of two classrooms in a primary school surrounded by sal trees deep ...