While the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay has apologized to the Menominee Tribe and the family of a seventh-grader who was punished for using her native language at school, the girl's mother said ...

In 1980, when fourth-grader Quirina Geary’s class learned about Spanish missions and the Native American tribes they conquered, she proudly announced that her family was part of the Mutsun tribe ...

Many of the schools were government-funded and based off the model at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, one of the largest ...

With half the nation's native languages extinct, these women are dedicating their lives to preserving theirs. "There is something about language that is so deeply rooted in identity. It's how you ...

Halay Turning Heart speaks only Yuchi to her three children. She's one of only a few fluent speakers of the Native American language. But she faces pushback from both outsiders and her own family.

As a Chinese American Mother, I Didn’t Want My Family’s Native Language to End With Me. The author of The School for Good Mothers on how raising her daughter forced her to confront her ...

More than 100 years after their service, a dozen Oklahomans who fought in WWI are eligible for the Valor Medals Review.

I’ve always wanted to learn a Native American language, but it’s been extremely difficult to find anyone with whom I could learn as most indigenous American languages are considered critically ...

HARKER HEIGHTS — As he approaches his 80th birthday next month, Killeen resident Kenneth Hendrix has become the star pupil in an ongoing series of classes about Native American language ...

Native American language and culture classes have not always been offered at Brown. But, through the recent work of community members, students have been given the opportunity to engage with Native ...

In the face of discrimination and hate, the Inabas and the Yakama Nation forged a bond through a farm in eastern Washington that has lasted for more than 100 years.