For Elizabeth Bryant, a Takelma language program leader for the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, the answer lies in years of dedication, advocacy and community-driven teaching. Takelma, the ...

MACY, Neb. (KCAU) — Preserving a language and teaching it to the next generation takes effort, and some new technology can ...

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 ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a windowless conference room in a Las Vegas casino, about three dozen people are swishing their fingers across iPads, trying out test versions of new apps and screening for ...

A number of Washington state public schools are partnering with tribes to bring Indigenous languages into classrooms in an effort to rectify the marred history of Native American boarding schools.

The White House is launching a new effort to help tribes preserve their languages. A memorandum signed on Monday directs the Department of Interior, Education, and others to identify ways to better ...

ISanti Dakotah hemahantan. Do. I come from the iSanti Dakotah (Santee Sioux). It sounds so simple, but learning to introduce myself in the traditional Dakota language formed a powerful connection to ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Before English, French or any European language was spoken in the spot of the map where Missouri sits, Native American tribes brought their own dialects to the region. One of those ...

MIAMI, Okla. — Preserving the culture of a local tribe is the main purpose behind a new language center in Miami. Specifically, the Shawnee Language Center – officially celebrated with a ribbon ...

The Little Shell Tribe is offering free Ojibwe language methods, materials and lessons in Great Falls on Wednesday and Thursday. Lessons are free and open to the public and will be taught at the ...

When he began recording the words of a Native speaker 40 years ago, linguist Noel Rude had no idea that his life’s work would form the foundation of the first dictionary for the Umatilla language.