The Chronicle of Higher Education

Native American Languages Are Disappearing. Colleges Could Help Preserve Them.

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 ...
NPR

Among many Native American communities, their languages are in danger

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Chuck Hoskin Jr., Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, about the importance of preserving Native languages. Language is how we connect with the world. It's how we ...
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Native languages should be spoken and preserved, tribes say after Trump's 'English' order

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 ...
The Hechinger Report

Native communities want schools to teach Native languages. Now the White House is voicing support

Students at the Arapaho School in Arapahoe, Wyoming, learn using an Arapaho language app. Credit: Joe Amon/The Denver Post via Getty Images The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up ...