NWT Indigenous language interpreters weigh in on new training program

A veteran Indigenous language developer says the newly-announced interpreter training program by the Northwest Territories government will equip speakers for advanced roles.
Yahoo

Indigenous languages are founts of environmental knowledge

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Language, it is often said, is a window into the human mind. David Harrison experienced this firsthand as a young linguist in the ...
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Teaching Indigenous Languages In Schools Is A Powerful Form Of Decolonization

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 5-year-old names objects and animals in the Arapaho language in February 2017 as the tribe works to recover its culture and ...

Be wary of AI-generated content on Indigenous cultures, say experts

AI-generated Indigenous language dictionaries, elders’ teachings and history circulating online could be harming culture and ...
CNN

This Inuk woman is teaching her Indigenous language online to help others reconnect with Inuit culture

Like many Indigenous people of North America, Miali Coley-Sudlovenick fears that her native language is dying. European colonization left Inuit struggling to preserve their culture and tongue in an ...
Oregonian

Readers respond: Fund Indigenous language interpretation

Oregon is home to over 30,000 people who exclusively speak Indigenous languages, many of whom perform essential labor in agriculture or other jobs. These are our neighbors, friends, relatives and ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

Empowering the Next Generation: The Push to Preserve Indigenous Language

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 ...

Elders in Kalumburu revitalise endangered Indigenous languages

Three Indigenous languages are spoken by a handful of people in the remote community of Kalumburu — now efforts are underway ...
WXYZ

New app aims to keep Indigenous language alive

Native languages across the country are on the edge of extinction. A report issued this year by the Bureau of Indian Affairs says the country may be down to fewer than two dozen by 2050. One tribe is ...
LAist

Fighting For Recognition: How New Billboards Seek Visibility For LA’s Indigenous Migrants

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. A new billboard campaign in Los Angeles highlights Indigenous migrants from Latin America, along with the many ...
Los Angeles Times

Here’s one way to support L.A.’s Indigenous communities

Los Angeles has recently welcomed a slate of elected officials following the widespread outrage from the leaked audio recording that has exposed deep-seated, racist behavior within L.A.’s local ...
Los Angeles Times

The Indigenous Serrano language was all but gone. This man is resurrecting it

When Ernest Siva was a boy on the Morongo Reservation in Riverside County, he listened to the music and stories of his ancestors, who had lived in Southern California long before the land was called ...