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Preserving Indian French, as community members call it, has taken on new urgency as climate-related hurricanes and coastal erosion threaten to displace the tribe
(WXOW) -- While some of us are eagerly counting down the last hours of 2023 and the chance to forget the challenges of the past year, WXOW News 19 wants
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.
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.
After the death of Standing Rock Lakota/White Earth Anishinaabe artist and hoop dancer Kevin Locke in 2022, an award in his name was created to honor those working towards language