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The Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act funds programs that work "to preserve Native American languages." [ 1 ] It is named for Esther Martinez , a teacher and storyteller who lived to be 94 years old, and was nationally known for her dedication to preserving the Tewa language .
The Indigenous Language Institute (ILI) is a nonprofit organization that works to preserve and pass on language traditions within indigenous groups located in North America. The organization was founded in 1992 as the Preservation of Original Languages of the Americas (IPOLA), and it has since worked closely with various indigenous peoples ...
According to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American students are first introduced to secondary-language-learning in either middle or high school, yet there has been a 17% decline in middle schools teaching secondary languages between 1996 and 2008. [7]
Nov. 4—WELLPINIT — Marsha Wynecoop was 7 years old when she heard the most beautiful sound. Nestled between her grandparents, she listened uncomprehendingly to the two exchange words in ...
There were some 300 Native languages spoken when Europeans arrived to what is now America, but it's estimated only about 167 are still around today. New app aims to keep Indigenous language alive ...
The Native American Languages Act of 1990 (NALA) is a US statute that gives historical importance as repudiating past policies of eradicating indigenous languages of the Americas [clarification needed] by declaring as policy that Native Americans were entitled to use their own languages. The fundamental basis of the policy's declaration was ...
Apr. 8—Grants are available for promoting Indigenous language initiatives in northern New Mexico. The Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area announced Monday it was accepting proposals for ...
The Center for American Indian Languages (CAIL) was a research and outreach arm of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Utah. Its mission was to assist community members in the maintenance and revitalization (where possible) of endangered languages , to document these languages, and to train students to do this sort of work.