Ernest Siva, 84, is one of the last remaining oral historians of the Indigenous Serrano language. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) When Ernest Siva was a boy on the Morongo Reservation in ...
They’re learning new words in their language. So, it’s helping them advance their tribal language programs, because a lot of the recordings are in the original language. It’s helping them develop more ...
The University of Minnesota’s unique Dakota language and Ojibwe language majors allow students to pursue several paths involving their culture. Students are allowed the opportunity to learn the ...
It may be tempting to delve into the past when marking Indigenous Peoples’ Day. And yet, even a brief conversation with members of New Jersey’s state-recognized tribes makes clear that Native peoples ...
During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Indigenous Nations across the country like mine began to feel it’s disproportionate impact on our communities. Then, we started losing the most precious ...
When Virginia Beavert received her Ph.D. in linguistics at the age of 90, it was the culmination of almost eight decades of work preserving the Ichishkiín language. A member of the Yakama Nation, she ...
This summer, Amy E. Chalán Vacacela ’24 opened the course catalog and clicked straight to the Ethnicity, Migration, Rights offerings. When EMR 151: “Quechua, Indigenous language revitalization and ...
LOS ANGELES — When Ernest Siva was a boy on the Morongo Reservation in Riverside County, he listened to the music and stories of his ancestors, who had lived in Southern California long before the ...