On its face, “Sooyii” is a story of resilience in the face of unimaginable loss. The independent film, directed by Krisztian Kery, centers on a young Blackfoot man in the 1700s who sees his people ...

Indigenous peoples speak more than 4,000 of the world’s 7,000-odd languages. These native tongues function as so much more than a means of communication; they encode community histories, traditions, ...

A 5-year-old names objects and animals in the Arapaho language in February 2017 as the tribe works to recover its culture and language on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. WhenIwas in grade ...

Chair of Indigenous Linguistics and Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Australian National University The NSW government has announced it will propose ...

HOMESTEAD, FL - Her name is Spanish in origin, but for Juana Sales, a migrant farm-worker from the Guatemalan high lands, it hardly reflects her cultural identity. Ten years ago, when Sales arrived in ...

Across the world, experts estimate that one language dies every two weeks, and with it, unique modes of communication, cultural knowledge, and religious practices. In the U.S.—as most tribal nations ...

Nathan John Albury receives part funding from the Research Council of Norway through its Centres of Excellence funding scheme, project number 223265. The idea that our Kiwi cousins have a much better ...

Even before it was colonized and would become known as Louisiana, there were various languages spoken in the region by the natives that lived here, calling the area “Bulbancha,” Choctaw for “place of ...

JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska's governor signed a bill on Thursday to officially recognize the state's 20 indigenous languages in a symbolic move that gives a nod to tribal efforts to save Native ...

Australia has issued a new 50 cent coin celebrating some of the country’s indigenous languages, many of which are at risk of extinction. The new design incorporates 14 translations of the word “coin” ...