Drums Amplify Speech Across Amazon
The Amazonian Bora people mimic the rhythm of their language for communication over large distances using drums
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary...
British Columbia Invests $50 Million in Indigenous Languages
The government of British Columbia has announced a revitalization plan for Indigenous language funding. British Columbia...
Linguists Become Aware of Previously Unrecognized Indigenous Language in Malaysia
A language previously unknown to linguists has been discovered by Swedish researchers. The language, Jedek, is spoken by only 280 people on the Malay peninsula. The language was discovered to be spoken in a town...
Taiwan to Offer Mother-Tongue K–12 Education
Taiwan’s government has approved a national language-development bill to protect linguistic diversity, which requires national language courses throughout preschool, elementary, and high school education.
At the moment, mother-tongue education is only mandatory in elementary schools,...
Students Create Music Video “Dreamchild” in French, English and Mowhawk
A new video created by students at St. Willibrord School in Châteauguay, Que, near Kahnawake Mohawk territory has been making the rounds online, and...
NSW Australia Passes First Aboriginal Languages Bill
New South Wales (NSW) recently passed legislation that acknowledges the value of indigenous language, and the importance it holds to the country’s First Peoples and to the cultural heritage of NSW. The legislation is a...
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day by Donating to These Organizations
Indigenous Peoples' Day is a national holiday in North America that is celebrated in various cities and states.
It began in 1977 when the International Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations in the Americas began to...
Artist and Teacher Create Emojis to Promote Diversity
Mapuche schoolteacher Victor Carilaf has teamed up with Chilean artist Fiestoforo to create Kimeltuwe, a collective that has released sets of emojis to...
8TH ANNUAL INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE INSTITUTE (ILI) SYMPOSIUM 2017
In Santa Fe, New Mexico on October 26-27, 2017, the Indigenous Language Institute is holding it’s 8th annual symposium. The theme of the 8th Annual ILI Symposium 2017 will address the importance of comprehensible...
Survey Indicates Indian Bureau Succeeding
Released by the National Association for Educational Progress (NAEP), the National Indian Education Study (NIES) 2015 is designed to describe the condition of education for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students in the...