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 ...

As Native language programs flourish in classrooms, Indian centers, tribal meeting rooms and online, President Donald Trump issued an executive order over the weekend declaring English would be the ...

Students in Western New York connect with their heritage through a Native support program that bolsters both academic and ...

The Sioux Nation, comprising the Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota tribes, is a prominent Native American group with an estimated population of over 170,000. Traditionally, the Sioux inhabited the Great ...

Northwest Indian Language Institute's summer institute has been running continuously since 1998, focused on helping participants learn and speak their Native languages. Everyone from elders to youth ...

In recognition of the National Day of Remembrance for U.S. Indian Boarding Schools, observed each year on September 30, the ...

A teary-eyed administration official solemnly draped a tribal blanket over President Biden on Monday before he announced plans to “revive” Native American languages and designate a Pennsylvania Indian ...

This story originally appeared on Underscore News. Decades of government policies aimed at forcibly assimilating Native Americans, guided by the notion of “kill the Indian and save the man,” included ...

Cole Premo is digital manager for CBS Minnesota. For more than a decade, he's been covering breaking news and weather, daily topics, stories from the Native community and more in Minnesota.