I was hired at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1995 as a language professor. I relocated from Hawaii, where I had learned the Hawaiian language. When I arrived in Colorado, I decided I needed to ...

I was hired at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1995 as a language professor. I relocated from Hawaii, where I had learned the Hawaiian language. When I arrived in Colorado, I decided I needed to ...

While many people focus on shopping deals the day after Thanksgiving, Native leaders hoped Americans also used the day to honor the country's first peoples. The Friday after Thanksgiving is not only ...

New research shows that a majority of Indigenous languages in America are endangered. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Native American language preservationist Alaina Tahlate. Language researchers just ...

I’ve always wanted to learn a Native American language, but it’s been extremely difficult to find anyone with whom I could learn as most indigenous American languages are considered critically ...

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham abruptly thwarted tribal efforts to improve their children’s education when she pocket vetoed Senate Bill 13, which would have allowed tribes to operate public schools ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Native language programs flourish in classrooms, Indian centers, tribal meeting rooms and online, President Donald Trump issued ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. While Montana is the only state to constitutionally require schools to teach Native American ...

OGDEN — While working on her clinical hours at the Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico, Kendra Ellison noticed a disturbing trend. More and more elderly patients in the Navajo ...