Tag: indigenous
Canada’s New Indigenous Language Office
The Canadian government has created an Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages and is calling for applicants to fill new positions, including that...
House Introduces Native American Language Resource Center Bill
New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland has introduced the U.S. House of Representatives companion bill to the Senate’s Native American Languages Resource Center Act, which...
Let’s Talk COVID-19
Conversemos COVID-19 (Let’s Talk COVID-19) is an initiative produced by the Indigenous and Diasporic Language Consortium at the NYU Center for Latin American and...
New Dictionary Preserves Rare Indigenous language Umpithamu of Cape York, Australia
Jean-Christophe Verstraete, a professor of linguistics at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, worked closely with two sisters who were the last speakers of Umpithamu to...
Australia Hosts Twitter Takeover for Indigenous Languages
In celebration of the 13th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, ALNF partnered with Twitter Australia to celebrate;...
Pandemic Highlights Importance of Indigenous Self-Determination: UN Rights Chief
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need to ensure the world’s indigenous people have control over their own communities, the UN High Commissioner for...
Learn Indigenous Languages through ASMR
Native Montreal Youth Council has launched Indigenous Whispers in response to COVID-19 isolation. Inspired by the concept of ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response), the...
Mississauga Nation Launches Online Language Initiatives; Partners with Conservationists
According to CBC, the Mississauga Nation is launching a three-pronged initiative online to revitalize culture, language and identity in its communities.
"I think people want...
Nahuatl Folktales Translated into English
The Latino Book Review has released a free online archive of English translations of Nahuatl folktales. The stories were translated to English from the...
“Nothing for us without us”: Roadmap for Decade of Indigenous Languages
More than 500 participants from 50 countries, including government ministers, indigenous leaders, researchers, public and private partners, and other stakeholders and experts, adopted the...
