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 ...

While more Native Americans living on reservations attend college than in decades prior, just 10.3% earned college degrees in ...

The Cherokee syllabary, developed by Sequoyah in the early 19th century, enabled widespread literacy and helped preserve the Cherokee language. Today, the tribe operates schools, healthcare systems, ...

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 ...

The Spirit Lake Tribal Council encourages all community members, educators, and institutions to participate in the ...

PHOENIX — Several dozen children stand atop a bluff in Hualapai Mountain Park to face the morning sun as it peeks over a distant ridge. “Nyims thava hmado we’e,” they chant, meaning “Boys greet the ...

Governor Tony Evers signed an executive order Monday to preserve cultural resources and languages of Wisconsin’s Tribal ...

Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Oregon—have received federal approval to allow Medicaid reimbursement for tribal ...

The Massachusetts tribe whose ancestors shared a Thanksgiving meal with the Pilgrims nearly 400 years ago is reclaiming its long-lost language, one schoolchild at a time. "Weesowee mahkusunash," says ...

Of the 574 federally recognized Native American tribes, only 139 of them still have speakers of their native language, and more than 90% of those languages are at risk of becoming extinct by 2050.

LAS VEGAS (AP) – American Indian tribes trying to bring back their languages from the brink of extinction are increasingly turning to tech for help. Lewis “Bleu” St. Cyr runs a Facebook page and put ...