Associated Student Government passed three pieces of legislation at its Wednesday meeting, asking Northwestern to offer Indigenous language classes to students aiming to fulfill language requirements, ...

The University of Minnesota’s unique Dakota language and Ojibwe language majors allow students to pursue several paths involving their culture. Students are allowed the opportunity to learn the ...

Southeast Alaska Native language teachers are hopeful for the future of its Indigenous languages. On Monday people gathered for a Zoom panel hosted by the University of Alaska Southeast to celebrate ...

Decades of government policies aimed at forcibly assimilating Native Americans, guided by the notion of “kill the Indian and save the man,” included generations of Indigenous children ripped away from ...

This school year, MSU is offering an introductory course in Kichwa, an Indigenous language spoken by Quechua people primarily in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia. Teaching the class is Fulbright ...

Of the nearly 8,000 enrolled members in the Ho-Chunk Nation, there are currently less than 40 who can speak the Ho-Chunk language (also anglicized as Hoocąk). This is due to past removals and ...

Native languages across the country are on the edge of extinction. A report issued this year by the Bureau of Indian Affairs says the country may be down to fewer than two dozen by 2050. One tribe is ...

Like many Indigenous people of North America, Miali Coley-Sudlovenick fears that her native language is dying. European colonization left Inuit struggling to preserve their culture and tongue in an ...

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It may be tempting to delve into the past when marking Indigenous Peoples’ Day. And yet, even a brief conversation with members of New Jersey’s state-recognized tribes makes clear that Native peoples ...