Cowlitz Language Being Brought Back With Online Dictionary, Weekend Classes – The Chronicle
It’s been nearly 50 years since the Cowlitz Coast Salish language went extinct. The Cowlitz Indian Tribe is working to revive it and so far...
Cowlitz Indian Tribe keeps language alive with new learning materials – KOIN 6
No one can currently speak the Cowlitz Coast Salish language fluently, but Tribal leaders hope the language-learning materials they’re releasing now will result in more fluent speakers in the future.
“Just keep saying it, we will understand”: Elders compile Shoshone dictionary – Wyoming Public Media
Shoshone Elder Ula Tyler has been a participant for the last two weeks in the tribe's efforts to create a dictionary with all six different clan dialects.
Eastern Shoshone record more than 4,000 words – WyoFile
For the last two weeks Robyn Rofkar has been waking up in the cold darkness of 3 a.m., rising early to begin simmering beans or baking blueberry muffins, making sure the 20 Shoshone speakers gathered...
Eastern Shoshone Cultural Center honored to have 20 Shoshone Elders step forward to help preserve the Shoshone Language – County10
The Eastern Shoshone Cultural Center was awarded an ANA ARPA grant to create an online audio Shoshone Language Dictionary. Several elders...
Stoney speakers preserve 14K words in educational resources – RMO Today
A partnership between Stoney Nakoda First Nation and the Language Conservancy (TLC) aims to preserve and restore the Stoney language through the creation of new educational resources.
The Tech Tools Helping Tribal Nations Preserve and Share Their Heritage – CSRWire
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit in 2020, Tracy Kelley, a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in Massachusetts, saw an unexpected opportunity for her website, Kun8seeh, which means “talk to me”...
New resources to help preserve endangered Stoney Nakoda language – Calgary Herald
Newly developed resources are set to bring on a new generation of Stoney language speakers. With the help of United States non-profit The Language Conservancy, the Stoney Nakoda Nation and educators hope...
How the Stoney Nakoda language is being preserved through new educational resources – CBC News
The Stoney language has received a historic boost this week with the creation of standardized teaching resources for those young and old...
Stoney Nakoda language being preserved through new educational resource – CTV News Calgary
Preserving the Stoney Nakoda language is the purpose behind a new resource created by the Stoney Education Authority (SEA) with support from The Language Conservancy.