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New textbook, podcast aim to keep Stoney Nakoda language alive in Alberta – CTV News Calgary
Preserving the Stoney Nakoda language is the purpose behind an ongoing project to create school resources to teach the language to younger...
Alberta First Nation school finds textbook way to keep language alive – Toronto Star
The Stoney Nakoda First Nation in southwestern Alberta is using the written word as a way to preserve its traditional oral language.
Wolastoqey app, books developed to immerse younger generation – CBC News
Kehkimin means "teach me" in Wolastoqey and teaching is exactly what the Kehkimin Wolastoqey Language Immersion School is trying to do. With the help of the Language Conservancy, a collection of books...
The Language Conservancy Canada And The Kehkimin Wolastoqey Language Immersion School Unveil Collection Of Picture Books And Vocabulary Builders
After years of dreaming and planning to create the first land-based...
School of Education holds third Conference on Literacy, Culture, and Language Education – Indiana Public Media
The third International Conference on Literacy, Culture, and Language Education will take place at the IU School of Education this weekend.
Native Americans Fear Loss Of Indigenous Languages In US – International Business Times
As Native Americans this week celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day -- the holiday increasingly recognized in the United States in lieu of "Columbus Day" -- members of the continent's hundreds of tribes shared...
Taltan Dictionary Project aims to preserve endangered Indigenous language – CFTK-TV
The Tahltan Central Government has begun development on a multi-modal Taltan dictionary, building on the foundations of the Tahltan Children Illustrated Dictionary which was established in the 1990’s.
Reviving a Lost Indigenous Language – midstory
When Daryl Baldwin was growing up, the last speakers of his heritage language were passing away; as of a few decades ago, that language — Myaamia — was definitionally extinct. As the director of the Myaamia Center in Oxford, Ohio, he has been working to revive it...
A dictionary project is underway to revive and make language more accessible for Tahltans – Terrace Standard
A group of Tahltan elders and linguists are working toward revitalizing and preserving their traditional language through a dictionary project.
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...