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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.
Ute Mountain language gets revival with voiced dictionary – The Durango Herald
Transference of the Ute Mountain Ute language has dwindled, marred by forced assimilation and elders’ deaths — but the tribe is hopeful that will change with the launch of a new spoken-word dictionary.
Digital dictionary helping Crow language thrive – KULR-8
Our neighbors living on the Crow Reservation seem to have something that's becoming increasingly more common and concerning: a dwindling number of Crow people who can speak the Crow language.
‘Race against time’: Pandemic propels fight to save Native American languages – POLITICO
The news of Maxine Wildcat Barnett’s Covid hospitalization in November shook the Yuchi community of Sapulpa, a small Oklahoma city named after its first settler, a Creek Native American. At 95, Barnett is the last...
Losing language, losing worlds – CNN
Loved ones to Covid-19. Homes to forest fires. Clean air to climate change. The past year has stolen much of what sustains us. But we’re in danger of another devastating loss, just under the surface. And it’s the cultural bedrock on which our lives and identities are constructed: our world's...
Pandemic accelerates race to preserve Native American languages – Denver7
Even before the pandemic, it was a race against time to preserve Native American languages across the country. COVID-19 has accelerated this. The Cherokee Nation has had more than 30 of its 2,000 fluent speakers...
Social media helps Native Americans preserve cultural traditions during pandemic – CNN
Lawrence Wetsit misses the days when his people would gather by the hundreds and sing the songs that all Assiniboine children are expected to learn by age 15. “We can’t have ceremony without memorizing all of...
New Crow language app launches – Billings Gazette
For years, organizers have been collecting a massive database of Crow words, comparing nuance about their meanings and translations, and seeking out as many speakers of the language as possible...
Bringing a language back to life – Montana Free Press
With fewer and fewer fluent speakers of the Crow language, advocates for revitalizing it hope a free online dictionary can aid people already working to bolster their skills and make learning the language more accessible.