Native languages should be spoken and preserved, tribes say after Trump's 'English' order
President Donald Trump issued an executive order over the weekend declaring English as the official language of the U.S.
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Empowering the Next Generation: The Push to Preserve Indigenous Language
Historically, practices of the U.S. government aimed to assimilate Indigenous communities such as Richard Henry Pratt’s “Kill the Indian, Save the Man” education model, resulting in the loss of many ...
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Indigenous-language immersion schools aim to reverse cultural loss
“So, I don’t know,” she said somberly. ”It’s hard.” Restoring the spoken rates of Indigenous languages is one of the goals of Senate Bill 13, which would authorize tribes and pueblos ...
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Native communities want schools to teach Native languages. Now the White House is voicing support
Between 67 and 100 percent of Indigenous languages in those three countries will disappear within three generations, according to a 2019 analysis of 200 years of global language loss by researcher ...
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Reviving Indigenous languages: $600,000 grant honors the linguistic tapestry of Oaxacan immigrants in California
The Humanities Institute (THI) at UC Santa Cruz has been developing a community-engaged research project to create an ...
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Photos: Colombia’s Indigenous Nasa push back against cultural loss to reconnect with nature
Ofelia Opocué’s life has been shaped by loss, she says. Twenty-three years ago, the FARC gave her family an ultimatum: leave ...
Kanien'kéha teacher who connected to people through the language dies at 77
Kanien'kéha language teacher Dorothy Lazore (Karihwenhawe) of Akwesasne, died March 7. Family and colleagues say her legacy will be felt beyond the Haudenosaunee communities where she helped to ...
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'On a knife's edge': Action on stopping Indigenous language loss welcomed
More than 1,000 attendees have attended a five-day gathering in Darwin on stopping Indigenous language loss in Australia and globally. The United Nations has labelled the decade until 2032 ...
8 Endangered Indian Tribes Facing the Threat of Extinction
India has more than 700 tribal groups. Nevertheless, most native tribes are facing the threat of extinction due to ...
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New reports on Indigenous language families in Canada showcase the vitality and patterns of language use across the country
OTTAWA, ON, March 31, 2025 /CNW/ - On National Indigenous Languages Day, the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages, in collaboration with Statistics Canada, is releasing nine new ...