Language Revitalization News Today

The indigenous languages of Taiwan are struggling in the face of Chinese dominance. The answer to language revitalisation could lie in grassroots efforts rather than government legislation.

Faithlyn Taloa Seawright is ending her First American pageant career as the 2024 Miss Indian Oklahoma. As Miss Indian Oklahoma, Seawright is representing all 39 tribes in the state of Oklahoma for the Oklahoma Federation of Indian Women (OFIW). “I look forward to being a goodwill ambassador on behalf of the Oklahoma Federation of Indian Women,” Seawright said.

Chokma! ​My name is Faithlyn Taloa Seawright. My Chickasaw and Choctaw name, Taloa, means ‘To Sing’. I am the 25 year-old daughter of Gwen Burris and Larry Seawright. I am a participant of the Chikasha Academy Adult Immersion Program, where I have the opportunity to learn my language. Upon graduat

Bruce Torres Fischer, a master’s candidate, has been chosen to receive the prestigious fellowship.

In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts Indian Country recently. On Monday, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland announced that the Department of the Interior is transferring more than $300,000 to the National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education, a federally chartered charitable nonprofit corporation established by Congress to further educational opportunities for...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation TV and Film (NNTVF) and Division of Diné Education (DODE) are pleased to announce the establishment of the Navajo Nation Filmmakers’ Grant Program (NNFGP).

Growing up, Gertrude Smith (Yavapai-Apache) was shamed for trying to learn her language. For the first time in nearly 30 years, efforts to save the Yavapai-Apache languages are being made with the launch of online dictionaries and picture books featuring Dilzhe’e (Apache) and Wipukpa-Tolkapaya (Yavapai) languages. Smith spearheads the tribe’s language revitalization by providing culture, art and language classes through the Yavapai-Apache Cultural Resource Center.

The Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation will be hosting the inaugural Language Conference at the DoubleTree by Hilton i...

A keynote talk on the concept of indigenizing a university headlines a month of cultural and scholarly events.

The author captures threads of a dialect by recording words for "Michipicoten" in an open-air meeting with community elders. John-Paul Chalykoff, CC BY-NDLanguage is foundational to Indigenous communities, including my own, and a vital connection to our cultures. It is well documented how residential schools in Canada and boarding schools in the U.S. devastated Indigenous languages and severed cultural connections. While our languages are in decline, efforts to sustain them are ongoing...