A New Mexico charity is harnessing modern tools in the struggle to revitalize some very old and endangered languages. Of the more than 400 languages that were once spoken by Native Americans in the ...
This story originally appeared on Underscore News. Decades of government policies aimed at forcibly assimilating Native Americans, guided by the notion of “kill the Indian and save the man,” included ...
A new center at the University of Arizona is one of only four designated by the U.S. Department of Education to lead a collective effort to empower tribal communities across the country to revitalize ...
Decades of government policies aimed at forcibly assimilating Native Americans, guided by the notion of “kill the Indian and save the man,” included generations of Indigenous children ripped away from ...
The Myaamia Center’s National Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages was recently awarded a $349,442 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant. The Preservation and Access ...
National Breath of Life participants analyze archival materials at a National Breath of Life workshop in Washington D.C. in 2015. For many Indigenous communities, revitalizing a lost or nearly lost ...
Handbook 1. Awakening our languages: an introduction -- Handbook 2. Learning about language resources --Handbook 3. Conducting a language survey -- Handbook 4. Envisioning a language program -- ...
Former President Trump's English-only mandate sparked concern among Indigenous language advocates. Despite historical suppression, Indigenous language revitalization efforts are gaining momentum.
A collaborative effort between the Future Stewards Program and the RIT Department of Modern Languages and Culture has resulted in the Indigenous language and culture education, preservation and ...