Language

Video: Wisconsin Media Lab Releases Fifth Installment, Language Apprentice

Wisconsin Media Lab has released the fifth video in a...

Learning a Native Language? Ojibway Programmer Has an App For That

After observing how his 12-year-old daughter fiddled...

Using Video Games and Kickstarter to Learn the Cherokee Language

In our highly competitive global economy, learning a new...

Native Youth Language Fair Hits Record Attendance

With expanded poetry submissions and a new comic book and...

Aboriginal Language Gets Official Status in Nunavut, Canada

As of April 1, Inuktitut became an official language of...

Oldest Member of Yurok Tribe Walks On, Leaves Lasting Language Legacy

Archie Thompson wasn’t just vital to the revitalization and...

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Language

Documentary Follows Native Students Learning and Preserving Tewa Language

Vincent Schilling

August 14, 2012

In November 2009, Santa Fe Preparatory School in Santa Fe, New Mexico sent out a newsletter announcing a self-study curriculum in which Native teenagers would study the Tewa langua...

Many Californians Working to Revitalize Native Languages

ICTMN Staff

August 13, 2012

L. Frank Manriquez, Acjachemem/Rarámuri/Tongva, has been part of that effort for the past two decades...

Wanda Batchelor: The First Tribal Chairwoman of the Washoe Talks About Empowering Her People

Lynn Armitage

August 10, 2012

Wanda Batchelor has broken through many barriers in her lifetime. She became the first Native American cadet graduate of the Auburn Police Department...

NAJA Concerned About Mainstream Media's Portrayal of Native Americans

ICTMN Staff

August 08, 2012

Jeff Harjo, executive director of the Native American Journalists Association, released the following statement regarding the portrayal of Native Americans in mainstream media: "Th...

Berenstain Bears Books Replace Jim Henson Toys in Chick-fil-A Kids’ Meals

ICTMN Staff

July 30, 2012

Chick-fil-A has announced its replacement toy after citing safety reasons for pulling the Jim Henson Creature Shop toys from its kids’ meals...

Ambitious and Controversial School Attempts to Save the Mohawk Language and Culture

Tanya Lee

July 29, 2012

In 1988 a few parents in the Mohawk community of Kahnawà:ke, 15 miles southwest of Montreal, decided to try to preserve the language of their elders by teaching it to their toddler...