As the need to pass on Indigenous languages grows more dire each year, tribes are teaming up with colleges to revitalize “sleeping” tongues.

Native American Day was a day off of school for many students, but some took the day to celebrate their culture and identity with school groups.

Native American Day was a day off of school for many students, but some took the day to celebrate their culture and identity with school groups.

The president lamented that Indian boarding schools all but erased the culture and language of Native American tribes and said the US would embark on a “10-year plan to revive Native languages ...

MARTIN: Chief, in 2010, the National Congress of American Indians declared that, in essence, this is an emergency. They estimated that by 2050, only 20 Native languages will still be spoken.

It’s a perilous reality for the Santee and other tribes. “Without our language, we die as a people,” said Redwing Thomas, the tribe’s cultural officer and leader of the language program.

The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe filed two motions in a federal district court. — -- A Native American tribe has filed the first legal challenge to block the nearly finished Dakota Access ...

A signed performance of “America the Beautiful” will feature Native American sign language, which thrived for centuries but is fading from memory.

Edmond Johnson, the last fluent speaker of an ancient Native American language, has died at age 95. The Caddo Nation of Oklahoma announced Johnson's death on July 14 and vowed to preserve the ...