When Native students are exposed to their cultural languages, their sense of well-being improves and they’re more likely to graduate, studies show. Similarly, culturally responsive teaching and ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A few years back, Sage Brook Carbone was attending a powwow at the Mashantucket Western Pequot reservation in Connecticut when she noticed signs in the Pequot language. Carbone ...

I met a man in the sauna at the downtown Duluth YMCA whose daughter is enrolled in the Misaabekong Ojibwe immersion program at Lowell Elementary School. She wants to connect more deeply with her ...

In 2021, the Bodéwadmimwen language was in danger of disappearing. The tongue traditionally spoken by Potawatomi Native Americans had only eight people who’d learned it as their first language, and ...

Duke will offer a series of Cherokee language courses this fall, marking the first time an Indigenous language will be taught at the University. Announced July 23, the course series begins in fall ...

Priscilla Lewis holds two newly-printed Apache children's books on June 30, 2023. With help from The Language Conservancy, a group focused on preserving endangered Indigenous languages, Lewis recorded ...

Halito, Chim Achukma (Hello, how are you?) Another Native American Heritage month has almost passed, and I hope it means something to everyone. In several days I’ll put away my beautiful, purple ...

In many ways, Hindi fiction is more authentic than most English-language fiction about India. For one, contemporary Hindi ...

Viewers who tune into the Super Bowl pregame show on Sunday will be treated to an unusual performance of “America the Beautiful,” which will be told, in part, through Native American sign language.