Centennial Hall echoed Tuesday with the sound of centuries-old languages. The first-ever Voices of Our Ancestors language summit brought together dozens of speakers fluent in Lingít, Xaad Kíl and ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Chuck Hoskin Jr., Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, about the importance of preserving Native languages. Language is how we connect with the world. It's how we ...

Priscilla Lewis holds two newly-printed Apache children's books on June 30, 2023. With help from The Language Conservancy, a group focused on preserving endangered Indigenous languages, Lewis recorded ...

The older you get the more difficult it is to learn to speak French like a Parisian. But no one knows exactly what the cutoff point is—at what age it becomes harder, for instance, to pick up noun-verb ...

The Caddo Nation of Oklahoma announced his death on July 14, describing Johnson as a "vital knowledge bearer of our language" and "treasured elder" The tribe plans to continue their work to preserve ...

There’s an age-old myth that says full-grown adults can’t become fluent in a second language. And lately, the media has been pointing to a new study that seems to suggest as much, saying that the ...

In 2021, the Bodéwadmimwen language was in danger of disappearing. The tongue traditionally spoken by Potawatomi Native Americans had only eight people who’d learned it as their first language, and ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Chief Marie Smith Jones, the last full-blooded Eyak and the last person fluent in her Native language, died at her home in Anchorage. She was 89. Jones died peacefully in her sleep ...

The Caddo Nation of Oklahoma announced the death of Edmond Johnson on July 14 Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE. She has been writing about fashion, parenting and pop culture for more than 15 ...